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MIU 8 Vocab
MIU8 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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. |