Vocab 1-4
Vocab 5-9
ELA Terms
Figurative Language
Examples
Figurative Language Definitions
100

What word means to annoy, cause trouble

What is irk

100

What word means overly self satisfied?

What is smug

100

What is the setting of a story?

What is time and place

100

She was as fast as a cat

What is simile

100

What is a metaphor

What is a comparison not using like or as

200

What word means to handle or use skillfully?

What is manipulate

200

What word means the program for a meeting?

What is an agenda

200

What is the definition of tone and mood?

What is:

Tone: Author's feelings
Mood: My feelings

200

She was a fierce storm

What is metaphor

200

What is a problem and a solution in a story

What is conflict and resolution

300

What word means to look at with great intensity?

What is manipulate

300

What word means to keep going in spite of difficulties?

What is to persevere 

300

That is a theme?

What is a lesson in the story

300

Its raining cats and dogs

What is an idiom

300

Written Sound

What is onomatopoeia

400

What word means a solemn promise or pledge?

What is vow

400

What word means to shrink back or hide?

What is to cringe

400

What is a Summary?

What is the most important details in the story

400

The wind was screaming in the night

What is personification
400

Simile

What is a comparison using like or as

500

What word mean to declare not guilty?

What is acquit

500

What word means to make dizzy or light headed?

What is giddy

500

What word means the way a person looks, thinks and feels?

What is characterization

500

I was so hot I was sweating bullets.

What is hyperbole 

500

Creating images with the mind

What is imagery