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MIU 8 Vocab
MIU8 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simile | Makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | Makes a comparison of two different things without a word of comparison |
| Personification | Describes something nonhuman as if it had human qualities |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration |
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Rhyme | The use of rhyming words at the end or within two or more lines of poetry |
| Act | a major section of a play usually made up several scenes |
| Scene | A subdivision of an act; usually indicates a specific location and time |
| Scrip | the written text of a play |
| Dialogue | The lines spoken by the actors; in the script, preceded by the name of the character that is to speak the words |
| Blank Verse | Un rhymed verse |
| Tone | The writers attitude or feelings toward his or her subject |
| Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, thing or event that the writer assumes the reader will be familiar with |
| Drama | A story written to be performed by actors |
| Stanza | A group of lines written within a poem. |