Milestones ELA Key Terms

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

• synonym

• antonym

• figurative word

• connotative word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

a word that has opposite meaning (big: small)

• synonym

• antonym

• figurative word

• connotative word

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5B

means to describe

• figurative word

• technical word

• connotative word

• modify

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

not literal meaning (figurative language)

• modify

• antonym

• figurative word

• technical word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• technical words

• synonym

• antonym

• connotative word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a scientific word

• symonym

• modify

• technical word

• figurative word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

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.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

the main idea or lesson of a literary passage

• plot

• summary

• theme

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

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

• plot

• central idea

• theme

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3