NWEA Language Prep

A wise saying that contains a truth and is often a cliché. Think of the messages you get in Chinese cookies, or quotes that speak to you. ("A penny saved is a penny earned" is an example of )

• quotation

• tone

• aphorism

• contradict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words. ("Try to light the fire" is an example of a/an .)

• voice

• sonnet

• consonance

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Another word for alliteration where consonant sounds repeat within words. (All's well that ends well is an example of .)

• consonance

• contrast

• assonance

• table

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The act of saying something that is opposite or very different in meaning to something else. (Please don't me when I am explaining the history lesson.)

• symbolism

• homophone

• contradict

• viewpoint

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

To compare (two people or things) to show how they are different. (The between life in the city and life in the countryside, is quite remarkable in her country.)

• aphorism

• contrast

• literature

• viewpoint

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When the author writes as though you are one of the characters in the story. (I, we) (me, us) (my/mind, our/ours) are examples of .

• first person

• secondperson

• third person

• tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The way in which the parts of a piece of writing or music or of a work of art are arranged (The writer chose poetic to get his message across to the readers.)

• sonnet

• symbolism

• quotation

• form

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings (be, bee; steel, steal; to, two, too are all examples of .)

• assonance

• homophone

• term

• journalism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

The activity or job of collecting, writing, and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. (Mary is going to major in at college so she can become a writer.)

• viewpoint

• sonnet

• journalism

• literature

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Written works (such as poems, plays, and novels) that are considered to be very good and to have lasting importance. (Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the greatest writers in American .)

• journalism

• literature

• aphorism

• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3