Academic Vocabulary Unit 2, Week 5

irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, sarcasm

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

• suspense

• verbal irony

• symbol

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A golden M is a ___________ for McDonalds.

• foreshadowing

• inference

• symbol

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

• paradox

• personification

• suspense

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Scary movies have a lot of ____________, which makes us want to know what will happen next!

• characterization

• suspense

• plot

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a situation in which the opposite happens from what is expected to happen

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• exposition

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is this an example of: I would never has expected it to be 100 degrees on Christmas in Canada!

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• --

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is this an example of: Mrs. Robinson screamed at the top of her lungs and then a student said, "Why are you being so quiet today?"

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• --

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

She was as quiet as a mouse.

• metaphor

• simile

• --

• --

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D