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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson.

• Quote

• Suspense

• Parable

• Prediction

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Giving non-human things, human qualities and abilities.

• Parable

• Personification

• Prediction

• Quote

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Prediction

• Quote

• Suspense

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

• Parable

• Prediction

• Quote

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

• Prediction

• Quote

• Suspense

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A type of text that describes how to do something.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Instructions

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• Falling Action

• Diagram

• Rising Action

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

• Suspense

• Idiom

• Prediction

• Instructions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4