Language Arts Flashcards
Define folk tale.
A traditional story that can date back many centuries
Define satire.
The writer exposes and ridicules someone or something in order to inspire change.
Define alliteration.
The repetition of sounds.
Define meter.
The number of syllables in a line and how the stress falls on those syllables.
Define types of rhymed and metered verse.
Sonnet, ballad, and villanelle.
Define quatrain.
A stanza of 4 lines.
Define couplet.
A pair of rhyming lines.
Define limerick.
A five-line poem.
Define running record.
Tools to track a students ability to recognize words.
Define preposition.
Express the relationship in time or space between words in a sentence. “Around, before, after”
Define participle phrase.
A short descriptive phrase at the beginning or end of a sentence. “Howling at the moon, Rover sat alone in his master’s yard.” - HOWLING AT THE MOON is the participle phrase.
Define prepositional phrase.
A short phrase that helps describe a verb or adjective within a sentence.
Define morpheme.
The smallest unit of sound with meaning.
How many morphemes are in the English language?
Around 40-45
Define idiom.
A word or group of words that cannot be interpreted literally.
