ELA FAST Vocabulary

Front

Giving human qualities/behaviors to non-human things.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

A 19-line poem with recurring refrains that create depth, rhythm, and emphasis.

Back

Villanelle

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The organizational pattern chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.

Back

Text Structure

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

The way an author chooses to arrange words, form sentences, and use grammar.

Back

Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

Information you cite from another source to support and strengthen a claim, reason, or inference.

Back

Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

A type of poetry that expresses personal feelings and thoughts, often in a musical style.

Back

Lyric Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

A poem that uses the first letters of each line to spell out a word or message.

Back

Acrostic Poem

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

The main idea or argument that an author is trying to convey in a piece of writing.

Back

Thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

The use of descriptive language to create vivid images in the reader's mind.

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D