Reading Essential Facts Vocabulary

A comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When a story is told from the point of view of "I", "me", or "my"

• first person

• third person omniscient

• second person

• third person limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the narrator sounds like the author

• tone

• base words

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An exaggeration or overstatement

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word such a buzz, crash, or gush that imitates the sound it represents

• cliche'

• tone

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The repetition of inital sounds in neighboring words

• repetition

• stanzas

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Text with plot, character, point of view, setting, and theme; such as fables, tall tales, and folktales.

• fiction

• non-fiction

• biography

• primary source

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Text written to explain, argue about, or describe, such as biographies, personal narratives, and newspapers

• fiction

• fairy tale

• non-fiction

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3