Almeida Words 1-75

a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner

• monologue

• protagonist

• personification

• parody

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand

• ballad

• jargon

• flashback

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures

• meter

• antagonist

• parallel structure

• synopsis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man."

• diction

• alliteration

• ad hominem

• hubris

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

• anecdote

• ad hominem

• internal rhyme

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

• denotation

• ellipsis

• ode

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An action that jumps ahead of the story to narrate an event that happens at a later time.

• idiom

• flash forward

• anagram

• nostalgia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

brief summary

• denotation

• diction

• assonance

• synopsis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward and forward

• foreshadowing

• etymology

• palindrome

• epic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

the study of word origins

• dialogue

• flash forward

• couplet

• etymology

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4