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Vocabulary # 10
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Term | Definition |
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Preposition | a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause |
Simile | comparison of two things using like, as, or than |
Hyperbole | over exaggeration |
Alliteration | repetition of the beginning sounds of words |
Metaphor | comparison of two things by suggesting one thing is another thing |
Onomatopoeia | sound words |
Idiom | a well-known phrase that means something different than the actual meaning of the individual words |
Oxymoron | a word or phrase that contradicts itself |
Pathetic | deserving pity |
ignite | cause to start burning |