HMH Module 5 Week 1 Vocabulary

foster

parents take a child into their family for a period of time.

mission

an organization that helps people in need

considerate

to think of the feelings and needs of others

tragedy

a very sad event

wringer

a device that squeezes water out of laundry

stricken

to be deeply affected by something

matrimonial

having to do with marriage

gait

a way of walking

central idea

the main idea of a text or what the text is mostly about

prefix

a word part added to the beginning of a base word that changes the meaning of the word

base word

a word in its simplest form, without any word parts added to it

root

a basic word part, usually from Greek or Latin, that carries meaning

prediction

a smart guess about what will happen

confirm

to check if something is correct or true

analogy

a comparison of two sets of words

literary elements

the pieces that make up a story, such as characters, setting, plot, and events

character

a person or animal in a story

setting

where and when a story takes place

plot

the conflict, events, and resolution that make up a story’s structure

suffix

a word part added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning of the wordExamples include -ly, -ed, and -ing.

theme

the big idea, moral, or lesson of a piece of writing

author’s purpose

the author’s reason for writing

inference

a smart guess that readers make, based on clues in the text and what they already know

evidence

clues or details in the text that support an answer or idea

story structure

how a story is organized

visual

a picture, drawing, or illustration

tone

the author’s feelings toward a subject

narrator

the person who tells a story

point of view

describes how reader’s experience a story, either through a character in the story (first-person) or an outside narrator (third-person)

figurative language

words or expressions that mean something different from their dictionary definitions

-ance, -ence

suffixes that mean an action or process or a quality or state of something

im-

prefix that means not or opposite of

magn

a Latin root that means great

persisted

continues to exist

industry

the work involved in the processing of raw materials and then making them into products in factories

stocks

if you own these, you are entitled to a share in the company’s profits

investors

people or organizations that buy stocks or shares to receive a profit