Basic LA Vocabulary

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Metaphor
• Sound
• Onomotopoeia
• Rhythm 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things
• exaggerate
• give person-like qualities to animals and things
• have a different meaning than the words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Our feet squished in the mud.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• none

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

ideas and feelings associated with the word

• denotation
• connotation
• counterargument
• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

written conversation between two or more characters

• dialogue
• diary
• script
• interview

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

a logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience

• inference
• idiom
• conclusion
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

giving of human qualities to an animal or object

• irony
• mood
• personificaiton
• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as

• alliteration
• repetition
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in one's own words

• synthesize
• summarize
• fiction
• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses

• foreshadowing
• imagery
• flashback
• exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5