ELA vocabulary 6.RL.1,2,3,4

the message a text is communicating about life or human nature

• theme
• topic
• main idea
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

compares two unrelated things using like or as

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

compares two unrelated things without using like or as

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When human qualities are given to objects ideas or animals

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named 

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

the first part of the plot where the characters, setting and basic situation are revealed

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

a series of events build toward the point of greatest interest

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the most exciting or interesting part of the story

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

events that follow the climax and move towards the resolution (conflicts begin moving towards a resolution)

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9