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Reading Voc. 4.5
Reading vocabulary & definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |