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Reading Voc. 4.5
Reading vocabulary & definitions
Question | Answer |
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alliteration | repeating same sounds at the beginning of words |
beetle | a dark, shiny, hard-shelled insect that usually has pincers |
drops | small amount of liquid |
excite | to stir up |
folktale | a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth |
free verse | poem in which words do not need rhyme |
jaguar | a large heavily built cat that has a yellow-brown coat with black spots |
outdoors | not inside |
pale | light in color |
poetry | type of literature or artistic writing that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions |
rainy | having a lot of rain |
repetition | repeating words or phrases in a poem |
simile | compares two things with words "like or as" |
skate | to move on ice or roller skates in a gliding fashion |
theme | the subject of a talk, piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or a topic |