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Vocab. 29-3
Vocabulary Workshop
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of the same initial (first) consonant sound in a series of words |
| allusion | a reference to a person , place, or event from sports, history, movies, literature, or the arts. |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true |
| irony | words that mean the opposite of what you would really think |
| metaphor | a comparisons of two unlike things by saying that one thing is something that it is not |
| onomatopoeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning |
| oxymoron | a statement with two parts that seem contradictory |
| personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |