V OCABULARY 1
If you want something very much and feel sad not to have it.
yearning
words with the same ending sound
Rhyme
lines or words that are repeated to stress importance
Repetition
a comparison using like or as
Simile
If something or someone is growing and successful.
flourishing
People in your family.
relatives
a comparison of two things that does not use like or as
Metaphor
Someone who is lucky.
fortunate
repeated consonant sounds
Alliteration
A word that has more than one meaning and/or pronunciation.
homograph
An object that has been thrown away.
discarded
repeated vowel sounds
Assonance
exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are
Hyperbole
poetry that does not rhyme and has no fixed pattern
Free Verse
A war that happens among groups of people living within a country
civil war
When writers recognize someone, usually in the first pages of the book, to show admiration or affection.
dedicate
a phrase or sentence on a single row
Line
the same sound or letter at the beginning of words or line
Alliteration
a group of lines within a poem
Stanza
the author’s writing style that makes his or her writing unique
Voice
Tasty cheese-meat pies made of corn, a specialty of El Salvador.
Pupusas
a word that imitates the sound it represents, like buzz or words that are repeated
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Homophones
words that create images that Onomatopoeia Repetition appeal to the senses
Imagery
The words below are called....
but, both, however, and, because, so, in order to, as a result
Transition Words