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xSkills test 2
second xSkills vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imposing | Large, impresive, and appearing to be important. |
| Architecture | Buildings and other human-made structures. |
| Clutch | Holding on to something tightly. |
| Constellation | A group of stars that forms a shape or pattern. |
| Widespread | Happening in many places or to a great number of people. |
| Task | a job or chore |
| Proclaim | To make a public pronouncement |
| Continent | One of the seven large landmasses of the earth. |
| Monument | Something that is made to remember a happening. |
| Form | The way words are arranged into lines and stanzas (groups of lines... like a paragraph is to an essay. |
| Rhyme | A pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines. |
| Imagery | Descriptive details that appeal to the readers senses. |
| Repetition | Repeating words or phrases. |
| Alliteration | repeated initial consonant sounds ex. tiny tan tins |
| Metaphor | A comparison of 2 things that are different but have some qualities in common. Unlike a simile a metaphor does not have like or as Ex. it's raining cats and dogs outside. |
| Simile | A way of describing something by comparing it to something else, using the words like or as. ex. This pillow is as light as a feather. |
| Personification | the act of personal-ifiying to make it personal |