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4th Grade
ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| embarrass | to make uncomfortable or ill at ease |
| introduction | you introduce someone or something |
| respond | answer someone using words, phrases, or gestures |
| relieved | feeling or showing relief from fear, worry, or the like |
| theme | the lesson or message the author is wanting the reader to understand |
| preserverance | to keep going even when something is hard |
| empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings and experiences of another person |
| compassion | recognizing another person's pain and feeling a strong, active desire to help ease their suffering |
| focus statement | the most important sentence in a paragraph that states the main idea |
| simile | the comparison of two or more things using like or as |
| metaphor | the comparison of two or more things that do not use the word like or as |
| idioms | a type of figurative language that means something different from the actual phrase |
| conjunctions | words that are used to connect two sentences together |
| inspired | to feel encouraged or motivated to complete a task |
| lines | a row of words that a poet uses to stop, rather than the edge of the paper |
| stanzas | a group of set lines within a poem, often set apart from other groups by a blank line |
| poem | a type of writing that often uses imagery, reptition, rhyme, and structure |
| perspective | a particular attitude toward or a way of looking at something |
| biography | the study of another person's life |
| criteria | requirements for something |