LA6B Unit 5 vocabulary

Context clues are:

• hints found within a sentence or paragraph that help understand the meaning of a new word

• a type of punctuation used in writing

• a method of memorization

• a form of literary device used in poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The beat in music or poetry is:

• a rhythmic unit

• a type of instrument

• a musical note

• a style of singing

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is figurative language?

• A type of language that uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation

• A language that is used only in formal settings

• A language that is used to communicate with animals

• A language that is used in computer programming

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A metaphor is:

• a direct comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• a figure of speech that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things.

• a statement that contradicts itself.

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas

• A type of poem

• A form of argument

• A historical event

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• A metaphor

• A simile

• An analogy

• A hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Rhyme is a literary device that involves the repetition of similar sounds, often at the end of lines in poems or songs.

• A literary device involving repetition of sounds

• A type of musical instrument

• A form of dance

• A style of painting

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A rhyme scheme is:

• a pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem

• a type of musical instrument

• a form of dance

• a style of painting

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rhythm in poetry is:

• the pattern of sounds in a poem

• the use of metaphors in a poem

• the theme of a poem

• the length of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A stanza is:

• a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

• a single line in a poem

• a type of rhyme scheme

• a form of punctuation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D