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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bigots | To persuade, entertain, inform, and reflect |
| dejectedly | sadly or showing discouragement |
| emulate | copy or be like someone |
| fluent | able to write or speak easily and smoothly |
| permanent | lasting for all time |
| porridge | soft food made of cereal boiled in water or milk |
| refugee | person who flees from home or country to seek shelter fro war or cruelty |
| resilint | springing back into shape |
| slackening | easing or becoming less active |
| Tumultuously | noisily or violently |
| vital | extremely important or neccesary |
| simile | using words "like" or "as" that are not alike |
| metaphor | comparing two nouns that are not alike |
| personification | describing human qualities in something that is not a person |
| alliteration | the repitition of the same sound |
| hyperbole | an xtreme exageration |
| onomatopoeia | when a word sounds like the sound it is describing |
| idiom | a phrase or expression whos meaning cant form an ordinary meaning |
| imagery | describing which is appealing to the senses |
| Figurative language | |
| Authors purpose | to persuade, entertain, reflect, or to inform |