Academic Vocabulary_ELA

What is a noun that states an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. EX: friendship, loyalty, happiness

• common noun

• abstract noun

• possessive noun

• singular noun

what is a common noun?

• A noun that names a specific person, place or thing

• A noun that names more than one person, place or thing

• A noun that names an non specific (regular) person, place or thing

• A noun that shows possession

A noun that names something specific and begins with a capital letter (EX: McDonalds, Max, Wal-Mart)

• common noun

• proper noun

• singular noun

• abstract noun

A singular known is a noun that

• names more than one person, place, or thing

• names only one person, place, or thing

• shows ownership

• names something specific

A noun that names more than one person, place, or thing

• proper noun

• common noun

• singular noun

• plural noun

possessive nouns

• show ownership

• show more than one

• name something specific

• is an everyday noun

A clue or hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.

• Context clues

• compound words

• abstract nouns

• Verbs

___________ __________ is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. Writers can use __________ __________ to make their work more interesting or more dramatic than literal language which simply states facts.

• abstract nouns

• Figurative language ((non-literal language)

• verbs

• Fun language

Is the following sentence a Simple Sentence or Compound Sentence?
I decided I really wanted to eat a pumpkin muffin, so I drove to the store to buy one. 

• Simple Sentence 
• Compound Sentence 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Is the following sentence a Simple sentence or a Compound sentence?

" Mrs. Musto and Mrs. Gambler ate an entire pizza during lunch. "

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A