ELA Vocabulary #1

Personification is ...

• when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence

• when you give human qualities to something that isn’t human

• a figure of speech you use when you want to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

• a phrase that actually means something different from its literal meaning

A stanza is

• a paragraph in a poem

• a figure of speech

• something you put at the end of a sentence

• a person, place or thing

A proper noun is

• something that is used to give more sensory detail in a story.

• an exaggeration to prove a point.

• something you do

• the name of a particular place, person or thing. It is always capitlized.

Verbs are

• capitalized

• people

• actions

• places

Imagery is

• when a writer repeats the same sound over and over in a sentece.

• when a writer exaggerates to prove a point.

• when are writer uses language that appeals to your senses.

• when a writer writes about an animal or object like it is human.

Adjectives are

• words that represent a sound

• words that describe

• words that tell an action

• words that name a person, place or thing

Dialect is

• words that appeal to the readers senses.

• when an animal acts like a human in a story.

• when people are speaking in a story.

• how people speak in a particular place or region.

Dialogue is

• a resource we use to look up words

• when a character is speaking in a story

• an exaggeration used by an author to prove a point.

• the way people speak in a particular place or region.

Imagery is

• when an author uses descriptive language to appeal to the senses.

• when an author puts animals in their story.

• when an author has people talking in their story.

• when an author starts the story in an interesting way.