ELA Academic Vocabulary

Ordinary writing that is not poetry is referred to as ________.

• prose

• proverb

• preposition

• plagiarism

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

This way of speaking or writing is made more interesting by inserting figures of speech or word images. It is called ______________.

• imagery

• figurative language

• conjunction

• secondary source

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

An old well known saying that expresses a general truth is an _________.

• quotation

• idiom

• interjection

• adage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5B

A quality, feeling or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing is known as _________.

• tone

• mood

• dialogue

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A _________ is an exact replication of what someone else said or wrote and must include quotation marks when writing those words down.

• secondary source

• phrase

• quotation

• convention

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

___________ is a way of thinking about or understanding something.

• Proverb

• Primary Source

• Perspective

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

__________ is literary work written as conversation.

• Dialogue

• Figurative Language

• Adage

• Convention

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

__________ are expressions that do not have literal meaning; for instance, "having the upper hand" really has nothing to do with hands.

• Quotations

• Idioms

• Themes

• Conventions

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5B

A short popular saying that gives advice about how people should live or what they believe is true. __________

• Tone

• Cite

• Interjection

• Proverb

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5B

The emotional atmosphere produced by a piece of artistic work or writing. ____________

• Tone

• Transitional

• Dialogue

• Mood