4/28 ELA Vocabulary Quiz

to tell apart by seeing differences

• distinguish

• alliteration

• emphasis

• rhyme

the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence

• distinguish

• alliteration

• emphasis

• rhyme

stress given to a particular word, phrase, or idea; special importance

• rhythm

• emphasis

• alliteration

• distinguish

a similarity or repetition in the sounds at the ends of words, especially as used in poetry

• rhyme

• emphasis

• alliteration

• distinguish

movement marked by the regular repetition of sounds. Repetition-the act or process of repeating

• rhythm

• wombat

• kookaburra

• bashful

a mammal with brown fur and short, thick legs

• wombat

• kookaburra

• bashful

• uncurl

a large Australian bird that lives in trees and makes a strange sound like a person laughing

• wombat

• bashful

• kookaburra

• emu

shy with people; timid

• emu

• uncurl

• bashful

• wombat

to straighten

• bashful

• uncurl

• emu

• wombat

a large bird with long legs that runs very fast but can not fly. Emus live in Australia.

• bashful

• emu

• wombat

• kookaburra