Words of the Day

2. literary technique in which the author provides clues to coming vents in a narrative
4. technical terms, acronyms, and language used by people of the same profession or specialized interest group
5. the distance around a circle
8. literary technique in which exaggeration is used to convey meaning e.g., "Ive told you a million times.")
10. to put into lowest terms or simplest form
11. a phrase that refers to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use (e.g., "I am pulling your leg.")
14. figures which have the same shape but not the same size. However, the sides in each figure are in proportion to one another.

1. using one's own words to express the main ideas in what has been read, seen, or heard
3. any number that can be written as a fraction
6. the constant or number portion of a term, for example, the three in 3x
7. used only while multiplying fractions, this process allows one to simplify by finding something in the numerator and the denominator which can both be divided by the same number evenly
9. the answer to a multiplication problem
12. the distance across a circle through the center
13. an unknown value or a changing, varying value
14. to make a brief statement about the essential ideas or major points in a text
15. the resulting figure of a reflectionk rotation, translation, or a dilation which are all types of transformations