ELA Vocab
Which sentence is correct?
Figurative Language
ELA Terms
Greek and Latin Root Words
100

Person, place or thing

Noun

100

1. matt likes school. 

2. Sarah and i walk home from Jill's house. 

3. You need a pencil, paper, and an eraser today. 

3. You need a pencil, paper, and an eraser today.

100

You are as slow as a turtle, is an example of what? 

Simile 

100

What is a central idea?

What the story is mostly about. 

100

Bio means? 

Life 

200

Action word

Verb

200

1. The too of you are late. 

2. I want to go to the movies too. 

3. Scott went too the beach

2. I want to go to the movies too.

200

Paragraph is to essay as stanza is to__________? 

Poem

200

What are the three reasons an author writes something? (Hint...Pie)

Persuade, Inform, or to entertain

200
Aqua means?

Water

300

Describes a person, place or thing

Adjective

300

1. Their house is next door. 

2. I have gone their before. 

3. Their very nice people. 

1. Their house is next door.

300

Which of these is an example of a hyperbole? 

1. I'm so hungry I could eat a whole horse.

2. I am so hungry, GRRRR, my stomach keeps growling. 

3. I am as hungry as a horse. 

1. I'm so hungry I could eat a whole horse.

300

What is the purpose or reason texts have text features? 

To help support the text. Add a detail or help show what the text is about. 

300

Ped means?

Foot

400

Describes a verb

Adverb

400

1. I invited Mark he likes to play video games and he likes to eat junk food. 

2. The games we play is minecraft and fortnite. 

3. Have you ever played those games before? 

3. Have you ever played those games before?

400

I have butterflies in my stomach is an example of what figurative language?

Idiom

400

Chronology is an example of text structure, what are the other 5? 

Description, problem and solution, compare and contrast, sequence, cause and effect

400

Graph means?

Write or draw

500

A specific name or place is what kind of noun? 

Proper noun

500

1. Citrus ridge academy is in Davenport Florida. 

2. Citrus Ridge Academy is in Davenport, Florida. 

3. Citrus Ridge academy is in Davenport

2. Citrus Ridge Academy is in Davenport, Florida.

500

You are a beast! Is an example of what figurative language? 

Metaphor

500

Pick three types of text where you will most likely find characters using dialogue. 

1. Informational Text    4. Realistic Fiction

2. Fictional text            5. Fable

3. Non-fiction Text        6. Autobiography

Fictional text, realistic fiction and fable. 

500

therm means?

heat