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Vocabulary Lesson 18

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Autobiography   the story of a person’s life, which is written by that person  
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Biography   the story of a person’s life, which is written by someone else  
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Flashback   a scene that is set at a time earlier than the main events of the story  
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Folklore   traditional tales and beliefs of a people  
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Genre   a category or type of literature or art  
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Metaphor   figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were another  
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Onomatopoeia   the use of words that imitate the sounds that they stand for  
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Prose   ordinary speech or writing that doesn’t have a regular rhythm  
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Proverb   a short saying that expresses a truth or gives advice  
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Simile   figure of speech that uses like or as to compare things that are not alike  
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Autobiography   the story of a person’s life, which is written by that person  
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Biography   the story of a person’s life, which is written by someone else  
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Flashback   a scene that is set at a time earlier than the main events of the story  
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Folklore   traditional tales and beliefs of a people  
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Genre   a category or type of literature or art  
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Metaphor   figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were another  
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Onomatopoeia   the use of words that imitate the sounds that they stand for  
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Prose   ordinary speech or writing that doesn’t have a regular rhythm¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬  
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Proverb   a short saying that expresses a truth or gives advice  
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Simile   figure of speech that uses like or as to compare things that are not alike  
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