Unknown Words & Phrases- Vocabulary

Front

Connotation

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Allusion

Back

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Front

Domain Specific Language

Back

Specific language used for a specific subject or purpose.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Front

Hyperbole

Back

An extreme exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Personification

Back

Giving human-like traits to a non-human object.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Denotation

Back

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Idiom

Back

A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

Front

Metaphor

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

Simile

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

Oxymoron

Back

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A