Unknown Words & Phrases- Vocabulary

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explaining or clarifying

• analogy

• allusion

• connotation

• denotation

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

• allusion

• analogy

• connotation

• domain specific

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the way that a word makes you feel; the feelings or ideas that are brought up by the use of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the definition of a word

• denotation

• connotation

• simile

• root

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

specific language used for a specific subject or purpose

• domain specific

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

hyperbole

• an extreme exaggeration

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

idiom

• an expression or figure of speech

• root

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

personification

• giving human-like traits to a non-human object

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

the core or base of a word- it can stand along or suffixes and prefixes can be added to the root to make a more complex word

• root

• simile

• tone

• suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A