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English
6th Grade
02/21/2013

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metaphor
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a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, NOT using "like" or "as"
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simile
Definition
a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as"
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personification
Definition
the act of attributing human qualities or characteristic to animals, objects, or abstract ideas
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hyperbole
Definition
an extravagant statement; extreme exaggeration; or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
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idiom
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an expression that is seperate form the literal meaning or deffinition of the words of which it is made. for example "break a leg" or "the early bird gets the worm"
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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the BEGINNING of a word. for example: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
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assonance
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the repetition of VOWEL sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentances. for example: dO yOU like blUE
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consonance
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a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same CONSONAUT two or more times in short succession, as in "piTTer paTTer" or "all maMMals naMed saM are claMMy"
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onomatopoeia
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the formation or use of words such as, BUZZ or MURMUR, that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions in which they refer
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subject pronoun
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a personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a sentence; the pronoun that preforms the action verb
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objective pronoun
Definition
a prounoun that is the object of the verb
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