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Term | Definition |
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Slacken | To slow down or lessen |
Apparatus | A device or set of equipment used for a specific purpose |
Immense | Big, Huge |
resilient | flexible and spring |
savor | to take great pleasure in |
Idiom | A phrase or expression that says one thing, but means something else |
Allusion | A reference to something outside of what you are reading- a place, person, or event. |
Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration |
Simile | A comparison of two different things using the words “like” or “as”. |
Metaphor | A direct comparison of two different things without using “like” or “as”; it describes something by calling it something else. |
Personification | Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions. |
Alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |