4th Grade Vocabulary

Front

What does the word 'rhyme' mean?

Back

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the definition of 'transplant'?

Back

To move from one place to another.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What does the word 'courageous' mean?

Back

Brave.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What is a 'metaphor'?

Back

A comparison WITHOUT using 'like' or 'as', often uses 'is'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What does 'figurative' mean?

Back

Symbolic, not real.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What does the word 'literal' mean?

Back

Taking words in their most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What is a 'simile'?

Back

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What does 'synonym' mean?

Back

A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Front

What does 'antonym' mean?

Back

A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Front

What is 'personification'?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A