ELA Milestones Vocabulary Review

A _________ is an implied meaning—it is the meaning the writer intends, which may not be the same thing as the literal or dictionary meaning of a word.

• denotation

• connotation

• definition

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

_________ is the exact definition of a word. Words can have different connotations depending on how they are used

• connotation

• denotation

• simile

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

An _________ is a comparison between two things that helps to express the relationship or connection between the words. For example, Moon is to night as sun is to day.

• analogy

• metaphor

• simile

• definition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A _______ is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same thing as another word or phrase in the same language. Examples are teacher and instructor, automobile and vehicle, tired and fatigued.

• connotation

• metaphor

• synonym

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An _________ is a word or phrase that means the opposite of a word or phrase in the same language. Examples are good and bad, sad and happy, stop and start

• simile

• definition

• synonym

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

_________ is the use of words that have repetition of similar vowel sounds but are not rhyming words. Examples are cake and lane or eat and eel.

• alliteration

• Assonance

• personification

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

__________ is the use of the same sound to start several words in a row; for example, The beautiful butterfly blew by the bay.

• rhyme

• simile

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

____________ is a word that imitates the natural sound of something. Examples are meow, pop, fizz, and clop

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_______ are quirky sayings and expressions specific to a language. If a saying seems unfamiliar or is not understood

• hyperbole

• definition

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

_____________ is an exaggeration beyond belief. My father can lift two tons is an example

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4