Communication Arts
BASIC ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Fourth Grade

2013 words+

affixes
*analyze
apostrophe
clarify
caption
*compound sentence+
*concluding sentence+
*conjunction+
culture
decoding
diagram
glossary
*guide words
*persuasive writing
plot
prediction
*prefix
prose
root words
*suffix

*contraction
*edit
*fact+
*figurative language+
*homophone+
*narrative writing
*opinion
*paraphrase+
*publish+
*revise
*topic sentence+

author's purpose+
chronological+
interpret+
text structure+