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Vocabulary List 1
Term | Definition |
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Accuracy | reading words without errors |
Fluency | the ability to read text at an appropriate rate; and with accuracy, expression and appropriate phrasing; not hurried reading |
Stamina | the ability to stay focused on reading for a long period of time |
Prediction | a guess about what will happen next in the story |
Inference | an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning |
Fiction | writing that is not true, made up stories about events that could really happen |
Non Fiction | writing that is true; real facts; purpose to inform |
Genre | type or category of literature |
Plot | major events in a story |
Characters | people or animals in a story |
Conflict | the main problem |
Setting | where and when the story takes place |
Ambi | both |
Aqua | water |
Aud | hear |
Dystopian | an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice |
Incredulously | feeling unable to believe something; shocked |
Resignedly | giving in patiently |
Taboos | something that is forbidden |