FAST Academic Vocabulary

Match the Figurative Language with its definition

• Comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Nonhuman things giving human abilities

• Onomatopoeia

• Comparison using "like" or "as"

• Personification

• Words associated with a sound

• Metaphor

• Extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the definition of "Theme"

• The climax of the story

• The key point made by reader

• The message or lesson conveyed

• The tone of the text

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Identify the definition of Central Idea

• The topic + point made in a text

• The topic of the text

• The mood of the author

• The publishing date of an article

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Organize the rhetorical appeals definition into the correct category

Groups:

(a) Ethos

,

(b) Logos

,

(c) Pathos

• appeals to credibility, ethics, and morals

• appeals to emotion

• appeals to logic or reason

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which answer includes rhetorical devices?

• Rhetorical Question

  Zeugma

  Idiom

  Antithesis

• Simile

  Metaphor

  Pathos

  Zeugma

• Rhetorical Question

  Antithesis

  Irony

  Zeugma

• Hyperbole

  Theme

  Rhetorical Question

  Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

​ ​ What is Zeugma?

• A sentence where 1 word modifies 2 or more things in it.

• Opposing ideas placed side by side in a sentence

• The theme of a story

• A paragraph where 1 word modifies multiple things.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What does "convey" mean?

• To communicate or make known

• To write or publish

• To read or explain

• To have an opinion on

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

What is Antithesis?

• Similar ideas side by side

• Similar ideas discussed by readers

• Opposing ideas side by side

• Contrasting ideas in different paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?

• Does require an answer. A way to hear the reader

• Does not require an answer. A way to engage the reader

• A way to understand the mood of the author

• A way to understand the topic.

How many types of irony are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A