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5 th Grade Academic Vocabulary Set 2

5 th Grade Academic Vocabulary Set 2. Clause. A clause is an expression including a subject and a predicate but not constituting a complete sentence. Example: If I do my homework I will get good grades. Narrative.

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5 th Grade Academic Vocabulary Set 2

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  1. 5th Grade Academic Vocabulary Set 2

  2. Clause • A clause is an expression including a subject and a predicate but not constituting a complete sentence. • Example: If I do my homework I will get good grades.

  3. Narrative • A story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. • A good example would be the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham”

  4. Interjections • Interjections are words that express emotion, such as: Ouch! Wow! Hooray! • Example: “Ouch! I stubbed my toe!” said Sally.

  5. Comparative • A word used when saying how two things are alike. • Example: Stuart is taller than Dakota.

  6. Personification • A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. • Example: The sun smiled brightly.

  7. Affixes • Parts added to the beginning (prefix) and end (suffix) of a root word to create new words. • Example: She rewrote her essay. She was very careful with how she spelled her words. • Re is very commonly used as a prefix, and ful is commonly used as a suffix.

  8. Punctuation Marks • Marks which are used to separate words, phrases, and clauses. • Example: Gabby is going to cook chicken, rice, and potatoes.

  9. Figurative Language • Language that is used in writing to produce images in a reader’s mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid , and imaginative ways. • Analogies, metaphors, simile, hyperbole, idioms, imageries, onomatopoeia, personification, and symbolism are all examples in figurative language. • Example: This food smells like trash! This sentence is a simile because it uses like.

  10. Onomatopoeia • The formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. • Example: A door goes Ding Dong.

  11. Citations • Reference into such as author name, full title of the work, publication year etc. Breaking Dawn. • Author- Stephanie Meyer • Published- August 2, 2008

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