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Literature
8th Grade
10/25/2011

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Figurative Language

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Word or phrase that states something beyond its literal meaning

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Denotation

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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meaningsassociated with it or suggested by it.

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Connotation

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the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expressionin addition to its explicit or primary meaning
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Imagery

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figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively
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Alliteration

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consonant repetition in beginning of word 
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Oxymoron


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a combination of two opposite or contradictory terms
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Assonance

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the repetitive vowel sounds in a poem
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Symbol

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an object in writing that has a deeper meaning
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Allusion

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when a poem makes reference to an outside passage
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Hyperbole

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an extreme exaggeration
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Understatement

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diminutizes importance
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Metaphor

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A statement that compares by saying that something is something
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Simile

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A statement that compares with like or as
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Onomatopoeia

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A sound word
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Sentimentality

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exaggerated emotion
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Personification

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description of an object as a person
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Rhythm

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a wavelike repitition of sounds
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 Rhyme

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the same or similar word endings in stanzas
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Stanza

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a poetic paragraph
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Meter

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describes the rhythm of a poem
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Tone

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Emotional color of a work
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