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Academic Vocabulary for PARCC Updated Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
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PARCC Vocabulary1.Context Clues: Using information from the surrounding text that helps
to identify a word or phrase.
2.Figurative Language: Similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, imagery,
personifi- cation, etc.
3.Foreshadowing: Using clues the author hints to predict an event
before it happens.
4.Genres: Used to classify different types of books or stories.
5.Infer: To understand something not directly stated in the text using
past experi- ence and prior knowledge combined with the text.
6.Metaphor: A figure of speech that compares two things without using
the words "like" or "as".
7.Simile: figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or
"as".
8.Mood: The emotional state of mind expressed by the author. This is a
feeling.
9.Onomatopoeia: A term used to describe words whose sounds
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, mimic their pronunciation.
10.Organizational Structure: The organization of a structured test:
chronological order, compare/contrast, cause/effect, most important to
least important, etc.
11.Main Idea: The main concept of the book or story; the central thought
or lesson.
12.Sequence: The arrangement or ordering of information, content or
ideas.
13.Setting: The time and place in which a story or poem takes place.
14.Prior Knowledge: The knowledge that comes from previous
experience.
15.Prefix: Letters attached to the beginning of a base or root word
that changes the meaning of the word.
16.Suffix: Letters attached to the end of a base or root word that
changes the meaning of the word.
17.Root Words: Base form of a complex word; this has no prefix or
suffix attached to it.
18.Predict: To foresee what might happen in a story based on clues and
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