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ELA
Term | Definition |
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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 |