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week six vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration to make a point |
Personification | representing non-human things with human qualities |
Onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean, (like "buzz" or "bang") |
Simile | comparing two unlike thing using "like" or "as" |
Metaphor | comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
ldiom | phrases that cannot be translated exactly, peculiar to certain group or language |
Alliteration | repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words |