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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| synonyms | words with similar meaning |
| antonyms | opposites |
| Personification | to describe non-human things using human qualities |
| Simile | to compare two things using 'like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | to compare two things using the words "is" or "are". |
| Idom | phrases that mean something different than what they say. |
| Proverb | a short statement expressing a belief or a truth. |
| Hyperbole | to describe something in an extremely exaggerated way |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that sounds like the noise it makes. |
| Alliteration | The use of the same consonant or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel, at the beginning of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| homophones | words that sound alike but are different |
| root words | base words |
| prefixes | words that come at the beginning |
| suffixes | words that come at the end of a base word |
| contractions | combination of two words |
| denotation | exact meaning of words |
| connotation | emotional feeling that a word holds |