English Language Arts Terms

Restating or rewording something written or spoken

• alliteration

• colloquial

• essay

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them of as one's own

• biography

• abbreviation

• plagiarism

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Well mudda sick!

• colloquial

• annotation

• chronological

• synonymous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an account of someone's life written by someone else.

• metaphorical

• analogy

• biography

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

quiet- loquacious

generous- frugal

repaired- dilapidated

• antonym

• synonymous

• colloquial

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a note added as a comment or explanation

• analogy

• essay

• annotation

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

ASAP = as soon as possible

DOB = date of birth

mm = millimetre

• comparison

• contrast

• abbreviation

• evaluative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

duty does direct your decision

• alliteration

• antonym

• perspective

• colloquial

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

ripple is to pond as wave is to ocean

FInding a good employee is like finding a needle in a haystack

• hypothesize

• analogy

• colloquial

• essay

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a way of looking at or thinking about something; point of view

• perspective

• character

• comparison

• plagiarism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D