ELA Milestone Review #1

There are four types of this; fiction (stories), nonfiction (biography, instructions), dramas (plays, writing that uses dialogue and stage directions), and poetry (writing that may use short lines, stanzas, rhythm, and sometimes rhyme.).

This is the emotional feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of a word.

This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something you already know to make sense of what you read.

To strengthen an argument or an idea by providing facts, details, examples, and other information

This is a restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.

This is what people use in everyday speech. It usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary. **colloquial **the language of everyday speech **may use contractions and slang **vernacular **The casual language we use every day.

This is the standard language of written communication, formal speeches, and presentations; may not use contractions or slang Use more formal words to help create a formal tone in a piece of writing or in a speech.

An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (example: Get your head out of the clouds).

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