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9th Grade
05/22/2013
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Symbolism
 Definition
Object used to represent an idea.
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Oxymoron
 Definition
Words that seem to be opposite placed together for meaning.
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Anecdote
 Definition
Personal story
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Jargon
 Definition
Technical language used by a particular group
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Pun
 Definition
Play on words
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Slang
 Definition
Particular terms that dates rapidly
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Informal/Colloquial language
 Definition
Everyday language
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Hyperbole
 Definition
Deliberate exagerration
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Cliche
 Definition
Over-used phrase
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Allusion
 Definition
Brief reference to something well-known
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Pronoun
 Definition
Words that replace a noun / NOUN- naming word
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Emotive language
 Definition
A word that makes you feel something
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Onomatopoeia
 Definition
Sound words
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Rhyme
 Definition
Words that rhyme
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Assonance
 Definition
Constant vowel sounds
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Alliteration
 Definition
Three or more tongue twisters
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Repetition
 Definition
Repeats / Emphasizes
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Personification
 Definition
Non human thing that has been given human characteristics
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Similie
 Definition
Something is like/as another thing - non human
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Metaphor
 Definition
Something IS another thing - non human
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Imperative
 Definition
a command
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Denotation
 Definition
Negative emotional words
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Connotation
 Definition
Positive emotional words
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