GMAS Key Terms and Definitions

a group of connected scenes in a drama

• episode

• act

• sequence

• performance

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

words used in a text to imitate sound

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

using text evidence and background knowledge to fill in the holes of a text in order to gain a deeper understanding

• summarizing

• analyzing

• predicting

• inferencing

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.2.4A

CCSS.RF.2.4C

comparing two things by stating that one is something else

• hyperbole

• similie

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

repeating the beginning sounds in words multiple times in a line of text

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

figurative language that compares two things using like or as

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

• similie

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

the main thing the passage is about

• topic

• theme

• central idea

• lesson

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

something that describes the personality of a character

• attitude

• behavior

• trait

• emotion

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

a point of view in which the narrator is outside the sory and uses the pronouns he or she

• second-person point of view

• third-person point of view

• first-person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

a story's message, or the focus of a story

• theme

• plot

• topic

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2