ELA NSCAS

giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• imagery

an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.

• simile

• alliteration

• rhythm

• idiom

Important pieces of information that support the main idea of a text

• theme

• summarize

• key details

• illustrations

the message or lesson that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing

• theme

• key details

• idiom

• title

The big idea of a story

• key details

• illustrations

• summarize

• central message

Which sentence is correct?

• Owen said I went to indiana this weekend

• "Owen said, "I went to Indiana this weekend.

• Owen said, "I went to Indiana this weekend."

What is a noun?

• An action word

• A descriptive word?

• a person, place or thing

• a word that modifies another

What is a verb?

• A descriptive word

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• a word that modifies another word

What is an adjective?

• A word that modifies another word

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A descriptive word