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ELA Vocabulary

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    ELA vocabulary with definitions 2-2024
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  • A memorable statement handed down from one generation to another (e.g. where there's smoke, there's fire)
    idiom
    antonym
    adage
    synonym
  •  5
  • a word that describes a noun
    adverb
    pronoun
    noun
    adjective
  •  20
  • a word that changes an adjective by telling us how, where, and when and often ends in "ly".
    adverb
    noun
    verb
    adjective
  •  10
  • when several words in a row start with the same letter (e.g. big busy bee)
    abbreviate
    alliteration
    obliterate
    antonym
  •  20
  • two words with opposite meanings (e.g. hot and cold)
    antonym
    adverb
    synonym
    alliteration
  •  10
  • when one event produces another event (e.g. 2 hands applauding produce the sound of clapping)
    main idea
    cause and effect
    vowels
    metaphor
  •  10
  • The people, animals or even things in a story.
    period
    spaces
    glossary
    characters
  •  15
  • when 2 or more people work together to solve a problem
    possessive noun
    metaphor
    collaboration
    party
  •  15
  • to show how 2 things are similar
    word
    contrast
    plot
    compare
  •  15
  • to show how to things are different
    synonym
    compare
    characters
    contrast
  •  10
  • a word made up of two words
    compound word
    synonym
    alphabet
    contrast
  •  20
  • an exaggeration (e.g. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse for lunch)
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    idiom
    verb
  •  25
  • a group of words that does not make sense but has meaning (e.g. it's raining cats and dogs).
    idiom
    verb
    simile
    hyperbole
  •  5
  • comparison of 2 unlike things WITHOUT using the words like/as/than (e.g. life is a roller coaster,time is money)
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    singular noun
    idiom
  •  25
  • giving human characteristics to non-human things (e.g. the leaves danced through the lawn)
    personification
    idiom
    metaphor
    simile
  •  15
  • a short, well known, wise saying (e.g. don't judge a book by it's cover)
    proverb
    simile
    metaphor
    idiom
  •  10