Language Arts Vocabulary

closely connected or related to; important to the topic

• analyze

• illustrate

• demonstrate

• relevant

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

speaking of something as if it were something else - doesn't use like or as.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

 the events in the story

• setting

• plot

• character

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the beginning of a story that introduces the setting, characters, and the conflict

• rising action

• resolution

• exposition

• title page

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Who will win the NCAA tournament?

• Texas

• Duke

• Alabama

• Purdue

To examine something in detail in order to understand it 

• convey

• describe

• analyze

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To make something more clear or visible by giving an example

• complain

• cloak

• mood

• illustrate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the “feeling”  a word gives; a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries

• connotation

• denotation

• hyperbole

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence 

• tone

• support

• synthesize

• jazzercise

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To communicate an idea; to carry an idea or message across to the reader 

• convey

• theme

• relevant

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D