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Voc. 03212016721
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words and syllables. |
| Analogy | A comparison of two things, made to explain or clarify an idea. |
| Clause | In grammar, a sentence or part of a sentence containing its own subject and verb or verb phrase. |
| Cliche | an overused expression that has lost its original quality or effect |
| Complex sentence | A sentence that contains 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses |
| Compound Sentence | A sentence consisting of two or more independent clause and a coordinate conjunction. |
| Compound-Complex sentence | A sentence that has two or more independent clauses and one dependent clause; It also has a coordinating and one subordinate conjunction. |
| Fable | A story that teaches a moral lesson. This type of story often includes animals that can talk! |
| Figurative Language | language expanded beyond its usual literal meaning to achieve emphasis or to express a fitting relationship between things essentially unlike. |
| Folktale | A type of fictional tale circulated by word of mouth from generation to generation |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues to give readers a hint of events to occur. |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and is not taken literally--seat to death, rivers of blood, as cold as ice, my shoes are killing me. |
| Idiom | 1. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. 2. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. |
| Imagery | The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader. |
| Irony | A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. |
| Legend | 1. A story that, like a myth, has been handed down from earlier times. 2. A traditional story that deals with a hero, saint, or national figure. |
| Literature | Imaginative or creative writing, especially having recognized artistic value. |
| Metaphor | A way of describing something by comparing it to something else WITHOUT using the words like or as |
| Myth | 1. A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people. 2. A story centered around gods and goddesses that sometime explain natural phenomena |
| Onomatopoeia | 1. Use of words which their sound suggests their meaning 2. hiss, snap, buzz! |
| Personification | The act of representing something with human qualities. For example, "The sun peeked from behind the clouds. " |
| Phrase | A group of words that does not contain a subject or a verb |
| Sensory Details | Words and phrases that help the reader see, hear, taste, smell and feel what the writer is describing. |
| Simile | A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as'). |
| Simple sentence | A sentence made up of a subject, a verb and it expresses a complete thought. |
| Theme | The central idea or one of the main ideas underlying a literary work. |
| Thesis | A statement that gives the main idea or focus of as essay/paper |
| Tone | The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters, such as serious or humorous. |
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