Word Meaning (RL.6.4 and RI.6.4)

Context Clues

• the definition of a word

• when a word doesn't mean it's literal meaning

• the words that give us hints to what other words mean

• the feelings associated with a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Figurative Langauge

• the definition of a word

• when a word doesn't mean it's literal meaning

• the words that give us hints to what other words mean

• the feelings associated with a word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Connotation

• the definition of a word

• the feelings associated with a word

• the non-literal meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

Denotation

• the definition of a word

• the feelings associated with a word

• the non-literal meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Tone

• how the author wants you to feel

• how the author feels

• how the characters feel

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mood

• how the author wants you to feel

• how the author feels

• how the characters feel

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• juxtaposition

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A