Vocabulary Words English Language Arts

Week of August 19 Clustering- webbing or making connections in writing. For example: Allusion- something well known in literature of history. Example: My kitten’s name is Curious George because he gets into everything. Hyperbole- extreme exaggeration. Example: The movie was so good, I can watch it a million times over. Flashback-occur when the writer moves the reader from the present to an event or memory from the past.

Week of August 26 Personification- gives human traits to nonhuman things. Example: The trees waved when I walked by. Metaphor-says that something is something else. Example: Her smile is a neon sign. Simile-compares two unlike things using like or as. Example: The boy is tall as a tree.

Week of September 3rd Fragment- a sentence that is NOT complete. Example: When the boy crossed the street. Noun- a person, place, thing, or idea. Example: house, dog, Michael, love Subject- it’s who or what the sentence is about. It’s the main NOUN in the sentence doing the action. Example: The mailman was late delivering the mail. Predicate- known as a verb. It’s the part that says something about the subject. Example: Mrs. Carter is the principal at FSMS.

Week of September 9th Homonyms-words that have the same sound, but DIFFERENT meaning and spelling. Examples: ant/aunt, bee/be, there/their/they’re, ate/eight Synonyms- words that have similar meaning. Example: car/automobile, small/little, talk/speak Antonyms- words that have opposite meaning. Example: long/short, fat/skinny, even/odd Homographs- have the same spelling, but DIFFERENT meanings and sounds. Examples: live/live, read/read, bow/bow, lead/lead

Week of October 14th Cause and effect- set of events that starts with a cause and the effect that follows. Compare and contrast- showing similarities and differences. Chronological order-presents details in order in which they happen. Spatial order- presents details according to their location. Logical order- groups related ideas together.

Week of October 21st Alliteration- is the repetition of an initial consonant sound. Example: "a peck of pickled peppers." Imagery- is vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses . Example: (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste). Accept – to receive or take what is offered. Example: I accepted his apology when he stepped on my foot. Except- to exclude or to object. Example: I love skittles except for the orange flavor.

Week of November 4th Transition Words- helps connect ideas within and between paragraphs. For example: first, also, furthermore, however, since, conclusion. Topic sentence-a sentence in a paragraph that expresses the main idea or point of the whole paragraph Supporting Details- are details that expand on, explain, or prove a paragraph’s idea. Narrative- used to tell a story or a sequence of events.

Week of November 11th Principal- head of a school Principle- a rule of conduct Stationary- in a fixed position Stationery- writing paper Threw- to tossed; hurled Through- in one side and out the opposite side.