HMH Module 3 Week 2 Vocabulary Words

innovations

a new idea or way of doing

something

blueprint

a plan or model of something

manufacturer

a business that makes goods

for sale

advances

improvements in an area of particular study, such as technology or medicine

cause

the reason that something happens

effect

something that happens as the result of a cause

text structure

the way information is organized in a text

multiple meaning words

words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning

context clues

the words and sentences around an unknown word that can be clues to its meaning

root

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

character

people or animals in a story

plot

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

conflict

the problem in the story; something in a story that creates a challenge for the characters

resolution

how the conflict in a story is resolved

summarize

to restate the most important information, or main ideas, in a text in your own words

media

the means of communication such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and the internet

narrator

the person who tells the story

graphic feature

a visual that gives information or supports a text

media techniques

the ways in which an author communicates ideas and information to the viewers, such as animation, live action, sound elements, and visual elements

cipher

a secret system of writing that you use to send messages

sophisticated

a machine or method that is more complex than others

theory

a set of rules for a subject that forms the basis of it

miscellaneous

a group that is made up of different types of things that are difficult to put into on category

pursuers

the people who are chasing or searching for you

aero

root that means air

sol

root that means sun

rad

root that means ray