Vocabulary 1
What is Context Clues
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole
Join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be successful
What is Bandwagon
A literary device which authors use as a means to refer or to make a reference to something
What is Allusion
The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
What is Understatement
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer
What is Rhetorical Question
What is Suffix
Intonation on a word or phrase used to add functional meaning
What is Tone
Have an effect on; make a difference to
What is Affect
A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause
What is Effect
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid
What is Figurative Language
An exaggeration of an argument so that it is easier to refute
What is Straw Man
Appeal to emotion
What is Pathos
Appeal to logic
The credibility of the speaker
What is Ethos
"I" "We" perspective
What is First Person
The "you" perspective
What is Second Person
The "he/She/it/they" perspective
What is Third Person
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"You were as brave as a lion"
What is Simile
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"Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers"
What is Alliteration
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"Lightening danced across the sky"
What is Personification
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"The color red stands for love"
What is symbolism
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"Honk, Beep, Vroom, Clang, Zap, Boing"
What is onomatopoeia
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"The sunset was the most gorgeous they'd ever seen"
What is Imagery
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"The most awful thing happened on a stormy evening..."
What is Foreshadowing