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OE Reading Terms #3

QuestionAnswer
nuance a shade of color, expression, meaning, or feeling
onomotapoeia words that imitate the sounds they describe
overstatement an exaggeration used for effect
oxymoron a two-word figure of speech that combines contrasting ideas
paradox an assertion that seems to oppose common sense but has truth in its meaning
paraphrasing replacing one's own words for another's
parts of speech grammatical function
noun person, place, thing
verb shows action or state of being
pronoun replaces nouns
adjective describes nouns
adverb describes verbs and adjectives
conjunction joints (FANBOYS)
preposition show the relationship among words
interjection expresses answers and excitement
pathos rhetorical appeal to emotions
prose all writing that is not poetry
pun play on words for a humorous effect
round character well-developed and lifelike
satire humorous ridicule of human weaknesses and vices
sequence following an orderly pattern
setting time and place of a story
simile comparison of two things using like or as
static character unchanging
syntax sentence structure
synthesis the bringing together of many ideas
text feature graphics and visuals used to organize info
text structure organization of a text
Created by: psounnarath
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