Poetry Vocabulary
Literary Vocabulary
PARCC Unit Info
PARCC Vocabulary
PARCC Miscellaneous
100

A figure of speech used to compare two things (not using "like" or "as")

What is a metaphor?

100

The perspective from which a story is told? 3 words

What is Point of View?

100

This ELA unit of PARCC starts with the letter "N"

What is Narrative?

100

Examples in a text that support your answer. You must always find this to support your thinking.

What is evidence?

100

This is the number of minutes you have during each ELA unit.

What is 90 minutes?

200

This is what we call a group of lines in poetry.

What is a stanza?

200
This word describes how a reader feels while reading a text. The author creates this.

What is the mood?

200

This unit is the first one you will see on PARCC and has the initials "L.A."

What is Literature Analysis?

200

The reason the author has written something (to inform the reader of something, to persuade the reader to do something, to express an idea or feeling, to entertain or give the reader something enjoyable to read)

What is author's purpose?

200

This is the number of ELA units will you take for PARCC. Be careful here!

What is 4?

300

This is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

What is personification?

300

This is the central message, what the author wants you to know, usually not stated but must be inferred by the reader.

What is theme?

300

This unit of PARCC has the most texts/passages. 

What is Research Simulation?

300

This is word that means the opposite of another word. For example, Full is an _____________ for empty.

What is an antonym?

300

This is the first thing you should do when you start an ELA unit.

What is go to the PCR and turn it into a question or put it in your own words?

400

This is an extreme exaggeration 

What is hyperbole?

400

These are clues in the story that hint at something coming later.

What is foreshadowing? 

400

All units require students to complete a longer, writing prompt called a "PCR," which stands for...

What is Prose Constructed Response?

400

Compare means to show similarities. This word means to show differences.

What is contrast?

400
List the names of the ELA units.

Narrative, Literature Analysis, Research Simulation

500

A repetition of the initial sounds at the beginning of words. Ex) Wacky, whimsical words.

What is hyperbole?

500

Also known as "sequential," this is when events are told in order by time.

What is chronological? 

500

On the Narrative Unit of PARCC, your PCR will ask you to tell the story from another perspective, create an alternate ending, or do this...

What is continue the story?

500

This is a conclusion that can be made about someone or something based on clues given in the text, the author does not state it, the reader needs to figure it out

What is an inference?

500
Literature Analysis or Research Simulation. Of the two, this one comes first.

What is Literature Analysis?

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