COMMON CORE VOCABULARY #4

hyperbole

• repeating the same word or phrase more than once close together

• Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words 2 or more times close together

• words that are sounds

• an exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous or funny.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

alliteration

• repeating the same word or phrase more than once close together

• Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words 2 or more times close together

• words that are sounds

• an exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous or funny.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

onomatopoeia

• repeating the same word or phrase more than once close together

• Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words 2 or more times close together

• words that are sounds

• an exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous or funny.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition

• repeating the same word or phrase more than once close together

• Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words 2 or more times close together

• words that are sounds

• an exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous or funny.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

irony

• a comparison between two different things so you can point out something about how they are similar.

• Descriptive language that incorporates the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, feel

• When the outcome of events is different from what you expected

• When the author provides clues to the reader at what is to come later in the story or the play. Often characters within the play or story are unaware.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

analogy

• a comparison between two different things so you can point out something about how they are similar.

• Descriptive language that incorporates the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, feel

• When the outcome of events is different from what you expected

• When the author provides clues to the reader at what is to come later in the story or the play. Often characters within the play or story are unaware.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

foreshadowing

• a comparison between two different things so you can point out something about how they are similar.

• Descriptive language that incorporates the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, feel

• When the outcome of events is different from what you expected

• When the author provides clues to the reader at what is to come later in the story or the play. Often characters within the play or story are unaware.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

imagery

• a comparison between two different things so you can point out something about how they are similar.

• Descriptive language that incorporates the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, feel

• When the outcome of events is different from what you expected

• When the author provides clues to the reader at what is to come later in the story or the play. Often characters within the play or story are unaware.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

symbolism

• a phrase that is made up of words which can't be understood by literal, or ordinary, meaning.

• Something which stands for or suggests something else

• when words rhyme at the end of lines

• verse or paragraph in a poem.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

idiom

• a phrase that is made up of words which can't be understood by literal, or ordinary, meaning.

• Something which stands for or suggests something else

• when words rhyme at the end of lines

• verse or paragraph in a poem.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D