Unknown Words & Phrases- Vocabulary

Front

Connotation

Back

The way that a word makes you feel; the feelings or ideas that are brought up by the use of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Allusion

Back

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Domain Specific Language

Back

Specific language used for a specific subject or purpose.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Hyperbole

Back

An extreme exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Personification

Back

Giving human-like traits to a non-human object.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Denotation

Back

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Idiom

Back

A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Metaphor

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Simile

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Oxymoron

Back

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A