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Unit 4 Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simile | Compare two unlike things using "like" or "as." |
| Metaphor | Compare two unlike things without a connecting word. |
| Imagery | Figurative language uses to describe events, ideas, and things using words related to our five senses. |
| Mnemonic Devices | Strategies used to help people remember something. |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration used for effect. |
| Understatement | Taking a real life situation and reducing it to make it ridiculous. |
| Dante Alighieri | A famous Italian poet of the Middle Ages. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to a object, animal or idea. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginning of at least two words in a line of poetry. |
| Comma | A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list. |
| Period | A punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence. |
| Question Mark | A punctuation mark (?) indicating a question. |
| Exclamation Mark | A punctuation mark (!) indicating surprise or importance in a sentence. |
| Semicolon | A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, it is more pronounced than the comma. |
| Quotations | A punctuation mark (" ") used when there is dialogue in the text. |