Academic Vocabulary #5

What is traditional literature?

• A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

• Stories that were originally told verbally and later became written text.

• A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration.

• A traditional story explaining some natural or social phenomenon.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is a folktale?

• A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

• A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

• A story involving supernatural beings or events.

• A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is a fable?

• A traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

• A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

• A story involving supernatural beings or events.

• A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is a legend?

• A traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

• A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

• A story involving supernatural beings or events.

• A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a myth?

• A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

• A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration.

• A traditional story explaining some natural or social phenomenon.

• A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is a tall tale?

• A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

• A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration.

• A traditional story explaining some natural or social phenomenon.

• A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is alliteration?

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

• Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together.

• A phrase with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

• A large section of a play containing the main action.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is assonance?

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

• Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together.

• A phrase with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

• A large section of a play containing the main action.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an idiom?

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

• Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together.

• A phrase with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

• A large section of a play containing the main action.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is the role of acts in a play?

• To describe where and when a scene takes place.

• To contain the main action, conflict, and resolution.

• To tell the story from the narrator's perspective.

• To divide the play into smaller sections.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D