Vocabulary Review (Sets 1-2)

Allusion

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
• A type of figurative language that uses like or as
• A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Analogy

• A comparison between two things
• A type of fruit
• A mathematical equation
• A type of animal

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Analysis

• Detailed examination of something

• A method of cooking
• A type of dance
• A kind of animal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Anecdote

• A short, amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
• A type of flower
• A mathematical formula
• A musical instrument

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Anaphora

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
• A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Antithesis

• A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed
• A type of insect
• A type of plant
• A type of rock

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Rhetorical Appeals

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Rhetoric, Pathos, Logos
• Ethos, Rhetoric, Logos
• Ethos, Pathos, Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Claim

• A statement that something is true, especially one that is disputed or in doubt
• A request for payment under an insurance policy
• A legal demand for money or property
• Commentary

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

Connotation

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
• A word that is the opposite in meaning to another
• A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word
• The literal or primary meaning of a word

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

Denotation

• A symbol used in mathematical operations
• The literal meaning or dictionary meaning of a word

• A type of musical notation
• A method of coding information

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