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Vocabulary in Context
Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
Miscellaneous
100

I dont got any home work

(punctuation, spelling, grammar, capitalization)

I don't have any homework. 

100

Many of us have ambivalent feelings about our politicians, admiring but also distrusting them. 

mixed

100
Extreme exaggeration I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
100
The atmosphere created by an author's word choices.
Mood
100

An indirect reference to a famous person, place, thing, or idea. When I thought about my chemistry final, I knew what David must have felt when facing Goliath.

Allusion

200

Mrs riddle is the most funnest teacher

(punctuation, spelling, grammar, capitalization)

Mrs. Riddle is the most fun teacher.

200

The adverse effects of this drug, including dizziness, nausea, and headaches, have caused it to be withdrawn from the market. 

harmful

200
A phrase that has taken on a meaning different from what is expected. "...Don't let him get your goat" (Lee 76).
Idiom
200
The point on the lot chart when we are introduced to our characters, setting, and the main conflict.
Exposition
200
"My locker is a garbage dump" is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
300

there goin to golden east mall this afternoon

(punctuation, spelling, grammar, capitalization)

They're going to Golden East Mall this afternoon.

300

Mundane activities such as doing the laundry or dishes or going food shopping or reading the newspaper all help me relax. 

ordinary

300
The literal, dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
300
The emotional response created by a word. These are the CONNECTIONS we make to that word.
Connotation.
300
"The moon was as round as a glowing baseball" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
400

my groshery list includes bananas and baby food, and diapers and wipes.

My grocery list includes bananas, baby food, diapers, and wipes.

400

Some animals have remarkable longevity. For example, the giant land tortoise can live several hundred years.

length of life

400
Your name has gone out under heaven like the sweet honor of some god-fearing king, who rules in equity over the strong...
What is an epic simile
400
The point of highest emotional intensity in a story
Climax
400
Jackie screamed and pulled her hand away from the scalding water. Her hand was bright red and hurting. What synonym of scalding, from the sentence above, gives a more positive connotation? cold humid frigid hot
hot
500

he said what and the whole class bursted out laffing. 

(punctuation, spelling, grammar, capitalization)

He said "what," and the whole class burst out laughing.

500

Today was a day of turmoil at work. The phones were constantly ringing, people were running back and forth, and several offices were being painted.

confusion, unsettledness

500
The attitude an author takes toward a subject
Tone
500

to make an educated guess about a topic using your own knowledge plus the information you have received 

infer

500
Dale kept telling his mother the matter was grave. They had to report the person who hit their car today. What is the denotation of the word grave in the sentence above? curious unusual boring serious
serious
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