Lesson 10 Vocabulary: Determine Word Meaning

Describes the unfamiliar word by naming types of it

• Examples
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone

positive, neutral, or negative feelings or ideas that can be associated with the word

• Connotation
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone

Words or phrases that are specific to a particular subject area

• Technical Meaning
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Tone
• Connotation

To reveal or make known

• Disclose
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone

Words or phrases that express ideas in an unusual or creative way

• Figurative meaning
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone

Tells the meaning of the unfamiliar word by describing its opposite

• Contrast
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone

The overall feeling or attitude a narrator expresses to the reader

• Tone
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Connotation

Tells the meaning of the unfamiliar word beside it, marked with a comma or dash

• Appositive
• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone

Tells the meaning of the unfamiliar word by connecting it to something similar

• Similarity
• Literal Meaning
• Technical Meaning
• Tone
• Connotation

refers to the dictionary meaning of a word or phrase

• Literal Meaning
• Similarity
• Technical Meaning
• Tone
• Connotation