Vocab List 8

comparison using like or as

• simile

• phantom

• metaphor

• dichotomy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different

• allusion

• metaphor

• dichotomy

• array

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified

• deprive

• petrified

• phantom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing

• bitter

• allusion

• deprive

• array

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

comparison that does NOT use like or as

• array

• simile

• phantom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

deny (a person or place) the possession or use of something

• deprive

• allusion

• bitter

• dichotomy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference; the practice of making allusions, especially as an artistic device

• Christmas

• petrified

• allusion

• dichotomy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25 in the Western Church

• Christmas

• phantom

• allusion

• Hannukah

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a ghost

• petrified

• Christmas

• phantom

• dichotomy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

angry, hurt, or resentful because of one's bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment

• allusion

• bitter

• petrified

• phantom

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4