Academic Vocabulary Review

What is theme?

• A direct comparison of two things.​

• The lesson or message of the text​

• To make an educated guess that is supported by the text.​

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two different things using the words like or as.​

• To make an educated guess that is supported by the text.​

• The way in which the author tells the story.​

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an inference?

• Creative ways to use words in a text.​

• To make an educated guess that is supported by the text.

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

• The way the author organizes information in a text​

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is text structure?

• The way the author organizes information in a text​

• The most important point of the text. ​

• The way in which the author tells the story.​

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is point of view( P.O.V)?

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

• The lesson or central idea of the text​

• The way in which the author tells the story.​

• A comparison of two different things using the words like or as.​

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a metaphor?

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

• The way the author organizes information in a text​

• To make an educated guess that is supported by the text.​

• A direct comparison of two things.​

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What are sound devices?

• The most important point of the text. ​

• To make an educated guess that is supported by the text.​

• A direct comparison of two things.​

• Special tools the author uses to make a text sound a certain way.​

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is the main idea or central idea?

• The most important point of the text. ​

• Creative ways to use words in a text.​

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Mrs. Foster's favorite type of candy is....

• Anything sour

• Anything chocolate

• She doesn't like candy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"Life is a highway" is an example of which type of figurative language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D