ELA Vocabulary 2

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A type of 'figurative language' used to compare two unlike things. For example: she runs fast as lightening.

The following is NOT an example of a proper noun:

A type of 'figurative language' that uses a comparison of two unlike things, however, does NOT use the words 'like' or 'as.'

A 'part of speech' that uses a word, or group of words, to show a noun's relationship to another word in the sentence. These include: in, on, at, around, before, near, of, for, etc.

The use of words in a way other than their literal meanings, often to add emphasis or say something in a fresh and creative manner.

A type of 'figurative language' that uses words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe.

This is considered a story's main message or moral to the story.

A 'part of speech' that is a kind of adjective used before a noun to show whether it refers to something specific or not.