GACE Middle Grades Language Arts Latest Updated

simile - Answer A comparison using like or as metaphor - Answer A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as. personification - Answer A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes hyperbole - Answer A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor symbolism - Answer A person, place or thing that has meaning but also represents or stands for something else as well alliteration - Answer Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. onomatopoeia - Answer A word that imitates the sound it represents. idiom - Answer A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. articles - Answer An article is used to introduce a noun. Examples: the, a, an noun - Answer A person, place, thing, or idea subject - Answer .A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with verb - Answer A word that expresses action, a state of being or feeling, or a relation between two things adjective - Answer A word that describes a noun adverb - Answer A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb pronoun - Answer A word that takes the place of a noun conjunction - Answer A word that joins words or groups of words preposition - Answer Connects its noun or pronoun another word in the sentence and always exists in a prepositional phrase interjection - Answer A word that expresses emotion simple sentence - Answer A single independent clause compound sentence - Answer A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions. complex sentence - Answer a sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause