Mastering test-taking vocabulary is crucial for middle school students as it significantly enhances their performance on standardized tests. Vocabulary knowledge directly impacts students’ ability to comprehend test questions and respond accurately, making it a fundamental aspect of academic success. The Test Taking Vocabulary for Language Arts Interactive Matching Game is an engaging and effective tool designed to help students master essential Test Taking Vocabulary and achieve higher test scores. Each session dynamically selects 8 words at random from a comprehensive database of 100 Test Taking Words, ensuring that every interaction is unique. Students are presented with definitions labeled A-H on one side and the corresponding Test Taking Words on the other, requiring them to carefully analyze meanings and contexts to make accurate matches. Immediate feedback plays a vital role in the learning process by confirming correct answers and encouraging retries for mistakes, fostering confidence and deeper understanding. This interactive format enhances vocabulary retention and comprehension of key Test Taking Words. The activity’s dynamic nature and focused practice make it an ideal resource for study sessions and review, turning vocabulary building into an efficient and effective experience. To further reinforce learning, students can utilize interactive flashcards. These Flash Cards are great for warm up 5-20 minutes or assign for homework to study. This will result in students’ mastery of these 100 Essential Test Taking Vocabulary Words for Language Arts.
according
Agreeing or corresponding.
advantages
Benefits or gains.
affect
Produce an effect.
aid
Provide help or support.
alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds.
analyzing
Examining closely or critically.
applying
Put to practical use.
arrange
To put in proper order.
article
Nonfiction piece of writing.
attitude
Feeling, opinion, mood.
attracting
Drawing others towards.
author’s purpose
To inform, to entertain, or to persuade (the reason an author writes).
bold print
Important words that are written very dark.
censor
To prevent someone from saying or writing something.
characteristics
Distinguishing qualities.
classify
To sort into a category.
climax
When the conflict or problem reaches its highest point of tension.
clue
Piece of evidence that helps to solve a problem.
column
Written in vertical arrangement.
context clues
Hints within a sentence or passage that help determine the meaning of an unknown word.
compare
Check for similarities and differences.
conclusion
A reasoned deduction or inference.
consecutive
One after the other.
contrast
Show differences.
contribute
To give to a common supply.
conventional
An accepted way of behavior.
convey
Pass on information.
convince
Cause to believe.
demonstrate
To show that you know.
describe
To tell about using words.
develop
To grow into a more mature advanced state.
dialect
Type of language in a country, region, or area.
dialogue
Conversation between characters in a story, often indicated by quotation marks.
dimensions
Measurements in length, width, and thickness.
elaborate
Give more details.
encounter
To come across.
evaluate
To judge, determine, or assess the significance, worth, or quality of something.
event
Important happening.
exaggerate
Say or write more than is true.
evidence
The facts presented to support a conclusion.
explain
To give a reason why.
express
Make known in words.
feature
Important characteristic.
foreshadowing
A technique whereby the author leaves clues that allow the reader to predict a future outcome.
free verse
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
flashback
An event that takes place back in time.
generalize
Reach a general conclusion.
genre
Literary type (novel, poem, short story, play, fiction, nonfiction).
illustration
Drawings, pictures, graphs.
imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
imagine
Form a mental picture.
impression
An image in the mind caused by something external to it.
infer
To use clues to gather information and make a conclusion.
personality traits
Characteristics that determine how a person behaves.
personification
Give an object or animal human characteristics.
persuade
To convince by writing or speaking.
plot
The events in the story; the problem, climax, resolution (solution).
point of view
The perspective from which a story is told.
predict
Tell what will happen.
priorities
What is most important.
prop
To support; to prevent from falling.
props
Pictures, furniture, and other items that support the scene in a play.
reaction
Action or emotion caused by another action.
references
Resources used for research.
represent
To symbolize with a sign, symbol, or word.
sarcasm
A form of verbal irony that mocks or conveys contempt.
sensory perceptions
Senses such as taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing.
skimming
Reading quickly.
simile
Using “like” or “as” to make comparisons.
stereotype
An oversimplified view, concept, or judgment arrived at by conforming to a general pattern.
strategy
A plan of action to achieve a specific end.
subheading
Words that appear as subtopics.
supplementary
Makes up for a lack of.
summarize
To tell what, where, when, how, and why.
survey
Look over and examine closely.
theme
The message or central point of the story.
understatement
A statement that says less than what is meant.
visualize
Make a picture of in the mind.
