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The realization hit me like a ton of bricks
Simile
Around the rock the ragged rascal ran.
Alliteration
All hands on deck! Check out my new wheels! Sweet ride!
Synecdoche
Arriving at a conclusion based on clues
Inference
A category of writing
Genre
The world is a stage
Metaphor
When an object is purposefully made larger in a picture to draw attention to it for some reason.
Exaggeration
A small passage or quotation taken from a whole piece of a text (book, poem, film, document, etc.)
Excerpt
making a statement about the future based on clues
Prediction
The warm breeze caressed my face as the golden sun wrapped its arms around me. (descriptive language to paint mental pictures)
Imagery
Hiss! The balloon slowly deflated
Onomatopoeia
A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
Analogy
Goal or object of a person's actions
Motive
A relationship between two or more things.
Connection
finding meaning of word based on how it is used
Context
The wind whispered in my ear.
Personification
A contradiction in meaning. (Ex. The fire station burning down)
Irony
Reason for doing something. (Ex. Why did the author put part of the writing in italics?)
Purpose or Intention
Ex. Uh oh! Now what have you done?
Imply/ Implies/ Implied
A personal viewpoint. Ex. Calgary Flames are the best team in the NHL
Opinion
After I waited an eternity, my dinner was finally ready
Hyperbole
Jumbo shrimp; rolling stop; freezer burn; pretty ugly
Oxymoron
A section of a poem
Stanza
To communicate or make known. Ex. Always give 100%
Convey/ Conveyed
Punctuation used to introduce a list, or to emphasize words in a sentence
colon