Craft Vocabulary

Over-exaggeration for effect.

• Mood

• Point of view

• Hyperbole

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To think about something deeply and at length

• murky

• momentum

• mull

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To put someone down with insults that seem kind

• magnitude

• patronize

• nurture

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

relaxed and easy-going

• mellow

• noteworthy

• pamper

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Interesting, important, or unusual

• noteworthy

• magnitude

• poised

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Quick and light when moving, like a cat or a gazelle

• Magnetic

• Nimble

• Mellow

To think about something carefully before making a decision

• Pamper

• Ponder

• Poised

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Dirty or not clear, like water in a canal

• murky

• noteworthy

• nurture

To spoil; to indulge someone by giving them every comfort or attention

• nurture

• pamper

• ponder

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Confident and self-assured

• poised

• orthodox

• magnetic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6