Academic Vocabulary - Tn 6Th Grade La

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employ

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verb (used with object)
1.to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
2.to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself by reading after work.
3.to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply: to employ a hammer to drive a nail.
4.to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.): I employ my spare time in reading. I employ all my energies in writing.

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foreign phrases

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later

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genre

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a class or kind of literature: fiction, biography, fantasy, etc.

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration: I caught a fish that was a yard long!

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imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses of hearing, sight, smell, taste, or touch. ex: The wind brushed over my cheeks like the touch of a butterfly's wings.

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inference

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figuring out the unstated meaning of an author's words; an educated guess

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mnemonic devices

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ways to enhance one's memory, such as: ROYGBIV for remembering the colors of the rainbow

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writing modes

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types of writing, such as: expository, descriptive, narrative

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multiple meanings

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words that can have more than one meaning, such as: match - two persons who marry; a competition between two persons or teams; an item used to ignite a fire

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personification

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a special metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is given human qualities; such as: a spider who can speak and write on a web as in the novel Charlotte's Web