RISE vocabulary

Repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word. Example: "Seven silver swans swam silently seaward."

• omomatopoeia

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

A brief reference to a person, place or event in another work, history, mythology or the Bible.

• bias

• argument

• allusion

• alliteration

To break something down into its parts and then talk about the parts.

• paraphrase

• dialog

• bias

• analyze

Take a position or make a claim and support it with reasons and evidence.

• argument

• concept

• compare and contrast

• paragraph

The reason an author decides to write something. Usually to persuade, inform, entertain or express emotions

• author's dinner

• reader's theater

• author's purpose

• evidence

a strong opinion or feeling about someone or something,

• bias

• description

• lesson

• theme

The author describes an event that happens and what happens as a result. Or describes somethings and tells what caused it.

• laughter

• sequence

• description

• cause and effect

The most important idea in a text. All of the details support it.

• genre

• characters

• small pieces of information that tell more about a big idea

• central idea

a person or animal that appears in a story, movie, play or television show.

• character

• the overall message of a text

• judgement

• motivation

to tell where a quote or idea comes from.

• cite

• cliche

• organize

• cause and effect