Academic Language #4

2. narrator is not a character in the story, but an outside observer, focuses on thoughts and feelings of one character
5. when you read an unfamiliar word or phrase and you use the phrases before and after to figure out the meaning
6. when the writer pauses in the story to remember something that has already happened; a memory
7. words that names people, places, things, or ideas
8. an association, idea, or emotion suggested by a word or phrase
12. asks a question, ends with a question mark
18. narrator is not a character in the story, but an all-knowing observer who describes all characters’ thoughts and feelings
20. repetition of beginning consonant sounds
21. comparing two things using like or as
22. words that describe or modify nouns (size, color, number, etc.)
24. a sentence where the subject is inferred, has a request or a command, ends in a period, but could end in an exclamation point!
25. “same sound”- words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings (to, too, two)
26. a sound effect written out
28. an expression that we don’t take for the words’ literal meaning
31. an exaggeration
32. references of a person, place, thing, or idea in literature or history
33. comparing two things not using like or as
34. “same write” -words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently (bow/bow, wound/wound)

1. writing that has elements that are made up or come from someone’s imagination
3. a sentence that has a subject, a verb, and a period; states a fact
4. a word’s literal meaning
9. modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ends in “ly”- typically answers, how? When? To what degree?
10. words that join other words or groups of words
11. words that express an action or state of being
13. Physical appearance, speech & actions, personality type
14. language a writer uses to create a picture in your mind w/ the five senses- sight, smell, touch, taste, sound
15. hints or clues about events that will happen later as the plot develops
16. a nonhuman thing acts human
17. words that show a relationship between a noun or a pronoun and the rest of the sentence
19. expresses great emotion or excitement, ends with an exclamation mark
23. “same name” same spelling, same pronunciation, different meaning.
27. narrator is a character in the story telling the story, using words I, me, we, us
29. a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase
30. when the writer or character pauses in the story to tell the reader what happens in the future