NWEA Vocabulary Set 4

Words written as sound effects to help the reader hear the sounds that are happening in the story.

• Onomatopoeia

• Parable

• Personification

• Prediction

A short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson.

• Quote

• Suspense

• Parable

• Prediction

Giving non-human things, human qualities and abilities.

• Parable

• Personification

• Prediction

• Quote

A statement about what will happen or might happen in the future.

• Prediction

• Quote

• Suspense

• Onomatopoeia

When you repeat or use what someone has said or written.

• Parable

• Prediction

• Quote

• Suspense

A feeling of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen.

• Prediction

• Quote

• Suspense

• Onomatopoeia

A type of text that describes how to do something.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Instructions

• Idiom

A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be OPPOSITE of what you'd expect.

• Irony

• Instructions

• Debate

• Suspense

Language that activates your 5 senses and causes you to see pictures in your mind.

• Falling Action

• Diagram

• Rising Action

• Imagery

A phrase that has a literal and figurative meaning. If you do exactly what it says, you may look silly.

• Suspense

• Idiom

• Prediction

• Instructions