5th grade vocab root word list: graph = writing – Flashcards
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autobiography
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writing about a person's life written by that person e.g. After retiring, the football player wrote an autobiography about his time in the NFL.
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autograph
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the writing of one's own name e.g I have Derek Jeter's autograph on a baseball.
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bibliography
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the written list of all the books used in a report or book e.g. Be sure to include a bibliography in your research report, so the teacher can check your sources.
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biography
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a book written about a person's life. e.g. I recently read a biography about JFK and learned many interesting facts about the former president's life.
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cartography
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mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts
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homograph
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a word written in the same way as another word but have a different meaning (e.g. bow- hair and bow-ship
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paragraph
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a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence. e.g. Every good paragraph has a topic sentence, juicy details and a closing sentence.
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phonograph
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record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound
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photography
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the use of light to record an image using a camera.
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seismograph
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a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth
