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| alliteration | Repeating the same sound at the beginning of several words in a phrase or sentence |
| alliteration | The bees buzzed in the back of the blue barn. |
| allusion | A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened. |
| allusion | This can be real or imaginary and may refer to anything including paintings, opera, folk lore, mythical creatures, or religious materials. |
| antonyms | Words that mean the opposite |
| antonyms | hot/cold, up/down, light/dark |
| assonance | Two or more words close to one another that repeats the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds |
| assonance | Go and mow the lawn. |
| connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning |
| connotation | The word "discipline" shows unhappy ideas of punishment and repression. |
| Figurative Language | Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. |
| hyperbole | A figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. |
| hyperbole | Your suitcase weighs a ton. |
| infer | To make a guess based on facts and observations. |
| inference | An important idea or conclusion drawn from reasoning rather than directly stated in the text. |
| irony | A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. |
| irony | verbal, dramatic, situational |
| literary devices | Techniques used to convey an author's message or voice |
| literary devices | figurative language, metaphors, similes |
| metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". |
| metaphor | My bedroom is a junkyard. |
| mood | The feeling or emotion the reader gets from a piece of writing. |
| onomatopoeia | The use of words in which the sound of the word suggests the sound associated with it. |
| onomatopoeia | buzz, hiss, splat |
| personification | A figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel that they have the ability to act like human beings. |
| personification | The sky weeps. |
| rhyme | When words have the same last sound. |
| rhyme | hat/cat, most/toast, ball/call |
| simile | A comparison between two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as". |
| simile | Her eyes are as big as saucers. |
| symbolism | Something that represents something else. |
| symbolism | A dove is an example when thinking of peace. |
| synonyms | Words with the same or almost the same meaning. |
| synonyms | sketch=draw |
