3.6 4th Grade Academic Vocab Flashcard

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What is the term for language that gives human traits to animals, objects, or ideas?

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Personification

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Which word describes words that sound like their meanings?

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Onomatopoeia

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What is a mixed number?

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A number with a whole number and a fraction

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Abolition

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To get rid of slavery

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Weathering

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The breaking down of substances by physical, chemical, or biological processes

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Develop

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To bring out the possibilities of

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Explain

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To make clear; to give the reasons for or cause of

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What is "figurative language"?

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Language expressing one thing by figures of speech

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What does "structure" mean?

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To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something

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What is an argument?

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A coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view