Figurative Devices
Diction
Sound Devices
Syntax
Academic Vocabulary
100
comparison (of two or more unlike things) using like or as
What is simile?
100
a phrase or clause which has a meaning greater than the individual words. Ex: he pulled my leg
What is an idiom?
100
Rhyme in the line and at the end of the line
What is internal rhyme?
100
There are two kinds: can be INDEPENDENT and stands alone with a subject and verb or can be DEPENDENT with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns
What is a clause?
100
serves as an example or provide pictures
What is illustrate?
200
comparison (of two or more unlike things) not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
Use of descriptions and figures of speech to create mental images
What is imagery?
200
two or more lines rhyme at the end of the line
What is end rhyme?
200
Prepositional, infinitive, or participial
What is a phrase?
200
synonym for communicate
What is convey?
300
Giving human (person) qualities to nonhumans. Ex: The cow told me all about his day.
What is Personification?
300
literal meanings
What is denotation?
300
rhyme patterns like ABCB
What is rhyme scheme?
300
type of sentence with one subject and verb
What is a simple sentence?
300
group of lines forming the basic unit in a poem
What is a stanza?
400
Exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400
has an implied meeting in addition to literal meaning
What is connotation?
400
repeats initial sounds in words
What is alliteration?
400
what do we call the group which include declarative (.), exclamatory (!), interrogative (?), and imperative(.). Hint the answer has the number 4 in it because it represents four types of ________
What are the 4 sentence types?
400
point of view using I, me, or we to relate the narrator's thoughts, experiences or observations
What is first person point of view?
500
Referring to familiar characters, books, movies or TV shows.
What is allusion?
500
has a similar meaning to another word
What is synonym?
500
sound or action words Ex: slither, blub
What is onomatopoeia?
500
has one independent clause joined by a coordinating conjunction or one ore more dependent clauses with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns (short version independent and dependent clause together)
What is a complex sentence?
500
point of view using he, she, them as the narrator relates action
What is third person point of view?
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