Academic Vocabulary RL/RI.8.4 Part 1

an extended simile or metaphor that shows how two things are similar in two or      more ways.

• allusion

• analogy

• alliteration

• assonance

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• allusion

• alliteration

• figurative language

• literal language

attitude toward a particular subject

• imagery

• literal

• nonliteral

• stance

an indirect reference to a person, a piece of literature, a historical event, or another familiar thing

• allusion

• alliteration

• assonance

• pun

the feelings and emotions tied to a word in addition to its literal meaning.

• denotation

• figurative language

• connotation

• rhyme

the author’s attitude toward the text

• tone

• mood

• denotation

• connotation

the dictionary definition of a word.

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

the reader's attitude toward the text

• tone

• mood

• denotation

• connotation

is language that goes beyond the dictionary meaning of the word or phrase.

• literal

• nonliteral

• denotation

• imagery

to find out or figure out something

• stance

• conveys

• determine

• analyze