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Enhancing 5th Grade Vocabulary: Key Language Concepts and Examples

This resource focuses on essential vocabulary for 5th graders, covering various language concepts including clauses, narrative styles, interjections, comparatives, personification, affixes, punctuation marks, figurative language, onomatopoeia, and citations. Each concept is accompanied by clear definitions and relatable examples to aid understanding. Students will learn how to form complete thoughts, use expressive language, identify parts of speech, and correctly reference sources, enhancing their reading and writing skills significantly.

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Enhancing 5th Grade Vocabulary: Key Language Concepts and Examples

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  1. 5th Grade Academic Vocabulary Set 2

  2. Clause • A clause is an expression including a subject and a predicate but not constituting a complete sentence. • Example: If I do my homework I will get good grades.

  3. Narrative • A story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. • A good example would be the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham”

  4. Interjections • Interjections are words that express emotion, such as: Ouch! Wow! Hooray! • Example: “Ouch! I stubbed my toe!” said Sally.

  5. Comparative • A word used when saying how two things are alike. • Example: Stuart is taller than Dakota.

  6. Personification • A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. • Example: The sun smiled brightly.

  7. Affixes • Parts added to the beginning (prefix) and end (suffix) of a root word to create new words. • Example: She rewrote her essay. She was very careful with how she spelled her words. • Re is very commonly used as a prefix, and ful is commonly used as a suffix.

  8. Punctuation Marks • Marks which are used to separate words, phrases, and clauses. • Example: Gabby is going to cook chicken, rice, and potatoes.

  9. Figurative Language • Language that is used in writing to produce images in a reader’s mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid , and imaginative ways. • Analogies, metaphors, simile, hyperbole, idioms, imageries, onomatopoeia, personification, and symbolism are all examples in figurative language. • Example: This food smells like trash! This sentence is a simile because it uses like.

  10. Onomatopoeia • The formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. • Example: A door goes Ding Dong.

  11. Citations • Reference into such as author name, full title of the work, publication year etc. Breaking Dawn. • Author- Stephanie Meyer • Published- August 2, 2008

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