New Words
New Words
Figurative Language
Language Skills
New Words
100

to try to understand something by looking at it in detail

explore

100

very big

colossal

100

language expressing one thing in terms normally used for another

figurative language 

100

word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

noun

100

caused to be weak becauase of emotion

overwhelmed 

200

very big

immense

200

to appear or come into view, often as a very large, dim, or twisted shape

loomed

200

using ordinary, exact meaning of words

literal

200

word that expresses an action or state of action or helps a main verb express an action or state of being

verb

200

person or animal in a story, play, or movie

character

300

giving off light; glowing

luminous

300

small piece of matter

speck

300

using a meaning other than the ordinary, exact meaning of words

nonliteral

300

words that create a complete thought by using a subject and a verb (ends in a period, starts with a capital letter)

sentence

300
where and when a story takes place

setting

400

with a sense of extreme urgency, need, or despair

desperately

400

written works that are not fiction

nonfiction

400

noun or noun phrase that performs the action of a sentence or that is in a particular state

subject

500

very large in size or area

vast

500

writing that tells an imaginary story

fiction

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