RISE vocabulary

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

• omomatopoeia

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• bias

• argument

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• paraphrase

• dialog

• bias

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• argument

• concept

• compare and contrast

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a strong opinion or feeling about someone or something,

• bias

• description

• lesson

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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

• character

• the overall message of a text

• judgement

• motivation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to tell where a quote or idea comes from.

• cite

• cliche

• organize

• cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6