Beavers Unit 2 Vocabulary

An author constructs a character by stating personality or appearance or implies character traits through thoughts and actions.

• characterization

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The opposition of characters of forces that brings about the dramatic action central to the story.

• plot

• diagram

• conflict

• story mountain

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Language NOT intended to be taken literally.

• tone

• mood

• character's voice

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Comparison that states that one thing is another thing it is not.

• simile

• metaphor

• sarcasm

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Comparison between two things using like or as.

• metaphor

• idiom

• figurative language

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Expressing meaning by stating the opposite.

• Figurative language

• literally

• Irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Warning or indication of something that is going to happen.

• forshadowing

• metaphor

• figurative language

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Feeling created in the reader by the author's choice of words.

• mood

• tone

• voice

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The author's tyle developed through sentence structure, word choice, and syntax.

• mood

• simile

• tone

• voice

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author's opinion or attitude towards a subject.

• figurative language

• conflict

• style

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B