5th Gr Wit and Wisdom Module 2 Vocabulary

playful or clever use of words to create humor

• synonym

• literal language

• wordplay

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Raining cats and dogs is an example of an ...

• definition

• idiom

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

peculiar

• different; unusual; strange or abnormal

• great; super; amazing

• difficult; hard; tough

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

To have great knowledge, learning or experience

• ignorance

• confusion

• wisdom

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To see something in your head while it is being described or read to you; imagine

• organize

• visualize

• pretend

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

ignorance

• Creating images in your mind

• Having much knowledge or experience

• A state of not knowing; lack of education or awareness

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The _____ was a boring, gloomy place in which nothing happens.

• Expectations

• Doldrums

• Tollbooth

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A state of having very low energy with drowsiness and lack of interest; inactivity; idleness

• Energy

• Lethargy

• Hungry

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Killing time"

• dying

• wasting time

• beating a clock with a hammer

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

humbug

• a beetlle that hums

• a hummingbird eating a bug

• a dishonest or insincere person; phony; imposter; fake; deceiver

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4