Wonders Unit 2.5 Vocabulary PRACTICE: 4th Grade

The dry, brittle leaves crunched in the dog's mouth.

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What does "brittle" mean?

• Doing something in a new or imaginative way.

• Easily broken.

• Providing a picture with words.

• Stretched out or extended.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The creative painter used vivid colors. 
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What does "creative" mean?

• Easily broken. Fragile.

• Doing something in a new or imaginative way.

• Providing a picture with words.

• Comparing two things to be more descriptive.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Nigel Thornberry gave a vivid, descriptive speech about meeting a snake.
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What does "descriptive" mean?

• Pattern of syllables in a line of poetry.

  
  

• Comparing two things to be more descriptive.

• Providing a picture with words.

• Stretched out or extended.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

"The cat was a fashion model” is a metaphor because it compares two different things.

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What does "metaphor" mean?

• Pattern of syllables in a line of poetry.

  
  

• Comparing two things to be more descriptive.

• Words ending with the same sound.

  
  

• Stretched out or extended.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

For the meter in Amanda Gorman’s poem, “See” and “Be” both have stressed syllables.

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What does "meter" mean?

• Pattern of syllables in a line of poetry.

  
  

• Comparing two things to be more descriptive, using "like" or "as."

• Words ending with the same sound.

  
  

• Stretched out or extended.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

She took the other woman’s outstretched hand.

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What does "outstretched" mean?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• Words ending with the same sound.

  
  

• Easily broken.

• Stretched out or extended.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Bart made a rhyme about dropping his fries.

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What does "rhyme" mean?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• Words ending with the same sound.

  
  

• Easily broken.

• Doing something in a new, imaginative way.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

“The man’s mustache was like two pipe cleaners” is a simile, because it compares two things using “like.”

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What does "simile" mean?

• Very easily broken.

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• Doing something in a new or imaginative way.

• Providing a picture with words.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4