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Cards 18-20
FCAT Prep Deck
FCAT term | Meaning |
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compare | What is "to show how objects or ideas are alike" |
contrast | What is "to show how objects or ideas are different" |
theme | What is "a literary term for the main idea of a piece of writing" |
tone | What is "the author's attitude towards the reader, places, events, or characters" |
metaphor | What is "a figure of speech", an "implied" comparison by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles. ex. The man is a tiger! |
simile | What is "A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, the comparison being made explicit typically by the use of the introductory 'like' or 'as' ..." (American Heritage Dictionary) ex. Bryan is as hungry as a dog. |