Milestones ELA Key Terms

a word that has the same meaning (big: large)

• synonym

• antonym

• figurative word

• connotative word

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a word that has opposite meaning (big: small)

• synonym

• antonym

• figurative word

• connotative word

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

means to describe

• figurative word

• technical word

• connotative word

• modify

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

not literal meaning (figurative language)

• modify

• antonym

• figurative word

• technical word

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

words that paint a picture or cause feelings (lurking in the dark)

• technical words

• synonym

• antonym

• connotative word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

a scientific word

• symonym

• modify

• technical word

• figurative word

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

repeating a word or words or saying the same ting over again (It is like a bird. It is like a plane. It is like a shooting star)

• biased

• redundant

• objective

• biased

Tags

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.RL.7.4

to draw a conclusion using evidence, clues, and what you already know, an educated guess.

• infer

• guess

• conclusion

• response

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the main idea or lesson of a literary passage

• plot

• summary

• theme

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

main events of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• plot

• central idea

• theme

• summary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D