Standard 1-4 Academic Vocab Review ELA

What does it mean to compare something?

• 1. To tell how something is different

• 1. To tell how something is creative

• 1. To tell how something is alike

• 1. To tell how something is interesting

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does it mean to contrast something?

• 1. To tell how something is different

• 1. To tell how something is alike

• 1. To tell how something is funny

• 1. To tell how something is sad

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Perspective means…

• 1. How an author feels about something

• 1. How well you can write

• 1. How fast you can read 

• 1. How you feel about reading

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

FICTION

• 1. Imagined or UNTRUE

• 1. Facts 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

NONFICTION

• 1. Imagined or UNTRUE

• 1. Facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Informational text can also be called…

• Fiction

• 1. History

• 1. Topic

• 1. Non-fiction/Facts

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Literary devices

• 1. Electronic devices such as cell phones

• 1. Devices used to make music

• 1. Used by authors to enhance a story

• 1. Giving human characteristics to non-living things

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Simile

• 1. A comparison using “like” or “as”

• 1. To tell how something is different

• 1. How fast you can read 

• 1. A comparison without using “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor

• 1. Giving human characteristics to non-living things

• 1. A comparison using “like” or “as”

• 1. A comparison without using “like” or “as”

• 1. Used by authors to enhance a story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification

• 1. Giving human characteristics to non-living things

• 1. A comparison using “like” or “as”

• 1. A comparison without using “like” or “as”

• 1. How fast you can read 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4