English Language Key Terms

Restating or rewording something written or spoken

• alliteration

• colloquial

• essay

• paraphrase

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them of as one's own

• biography

• abbreviation

• plagiarism

• antonym

Well mudda sick!

• colloquial

• annotation

• chronological

• synonymous

an account of someone's life written by someone else.

• metaphorical

• analogy

• biography

• autobiography

quiet- loquacious

generous- frugal

repaired- dilapidated

• antonym

• synonymous

• colloquial

• alliteration

a note added as a comment or explanation

• analogy

• essay

• annotation

• paraphrase

ASAP = as soon as possible

DOB = date of birth

mm = millimetre

• comparison

• contrast

• abbreviation

• evaluative

duty does direct your decision

• alliteration

• antonym

• perspective

• colloquial

ripple is to pond as wave is to ocean

FInding a good employee is like finding a needle in a haystack

• hypothesize

• analogy

• colloquial

• essay

a way of looking at or thinking about something; point of view

• perspective

• character

• comparison

• plagiarism