Language Arts Vocabulary

1. What is a short or amusing story about a real incident or person called?

• stanza
  
• anecdote
• tone
  
• theme

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

What are the positive or negative associations with a word called?

• tones
• themes
• denotations
• connotations

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the word that is a paragraph in a poem?

• stanza
• foreshadowing
• alliteration
• denotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the author's attitude towards a subject  by looking at the word choices and phrases? 

• mood 
• tone
• alliteration
• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the word that means an underlying message or big idea in a story?

• theme
• anecdote
• mood
• tone
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What point of view uses words like you, you're and your?

• first person
• second person
• third person
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

What is a collection of stories called?

• anthology
• stanza
• story books
• connotations

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

What is a statement that can be proven to be true? 

• opinion
• generalization
• fact
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

What is a statement that is based on how someone feels about something and cannot be proven to be true?

• opinion
• fact
• analogy 
• simile

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

What is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally? 

• analogy
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A