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Vocabulary:
Personification
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when a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were alive or human |
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the attitude expressed in a text as shown by the author's word choice |
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Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as |
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The feelings, attitudes, and emotions attached to a word |
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Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds at the beginnig of words |
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A big exaggeration for effect |
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Repettion of the same of similar sound at the end of words, often at the end of a line |
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The message or life lesson that can be learned from a text |
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A comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is the other |
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The actual meaning of a word that is found in a dictionary |
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Examples:
The brand new office supplies shone like the sun
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Literary Devices:
Metaphor
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Examples:
My mother's anger was a ridal wave crashing over me and the broken dish.
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Literary Devices:
Hyperbole
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Examples:
I am absolutely buried in my homework tonight!
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Literary Devices:
Personification
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Examples:
The blank page stared up at me, waiting hungrily for the words from my pen.
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Literary Device:
Alliteration
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Example:
The place was packed with pointless pencils
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Example:
You're such a good finder! Please look for my binder
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