ELA-A Vocabulary Review

State or describe exactly the nature of something

• define

• explain

• identify

• determine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

• symbol

• metaphor

• similie

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

reading something with a determination to understand and evaluate it for its relevance to your needs

• active reading

• climax

• summarize

• analysis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• protagonist

• antagonist

• falling action

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the main figure or one of the most prominent figures in a real situation

• protagonist

• plot

• resolution

• compose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

(as brave as a lion)

• analysis

• conflict

• resolution

• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

refers to words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true.

• structuring

• personificaiton

• figurative language

• anagram

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

• similie

• noun

• metaphor

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• predictions

• flashback setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something

• falling action

• climax

• plot

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C