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6 - SC Vocab
figurative lanuguage & parts of speech
| Word | Definition/Example |
|---|---|
| adjective | a word that describes or modifies a noun |
| adverb | a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words or nearby words |
| dialogue | written conversation in which two or more characters’ words are represented |
| free verse | a poetic form that does not follow strict rules of rhyme or rhythm |
| genre | a category of art, music, or writing characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| hyperbole | purposeful use of exaggeration, or making things larger or greater than they really are |
| italics | characters or type that slants to the right |
| metaphor | a comparison which states that something is something else |
| narrative | type of writing which tells a story |
| noun | a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it |
| personification | representation of a thing as a person or as having qualities of a person |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of ending sounds in the lines of a poem |
| simile | a comparison using the word like or as |
| verb | a word that represents an action or state of being |
| metaphor | Life is a bowl of spaghetti. (Chasing Redbird, pg. 1) |
| alliteration | perfect, pale pink rose petal (The Castle Corona, pg. 13) |
| simile | He felt as light as a leaf. (Pleasing the Ghost, pg. 2) |
| metaphor | He will be a tiger if he finds us gone. (The Castle Corona, pg. 98) |
| dialogue | “A carrot?” Enzio suggested. Pia scoffed. “Never! An eel? Maybe a worm” “For a king? Never would he have a worm on his seal!” “True,” agreed Pia. |
| free verse | So much depends / upon / a blue car / splattered with mud / speeding down the road. |
| rhyme scheme | He pats the kitten with puffy paws / near the window draped with gauze / and yawns and opens up his jaws |
| simile | I’ll be as free as that little jaybird up there floating in the sky. (The Wanderer pg. 10) |
| hyperbole | This is soaked in a bazillion hugs. (Bloomability pg. 94) |
| personification | That mountain had seemed to stare at me. (Bloomability pg. 44) |
| hyperbole | I read it a million times. (Replay pg. 163) |
| onomatopoeia | a-whoosh-a-whoosh-a-whoosh (Heartbeat pg. 118) |
| dialogue | MAGGIE: Gosh, Carl Ray, who could the person be? DENNIS: How much? How much did you get? ME: Who is the person?? DOUGIE: Is it a lot of money? TOMMY: No jail? (Absolutely Normal Chaos pg. 92) |
| onomatopoeia | From the deepest silence erupt groans and howls, snorts and squawks, creaks and croaks. (Ruby Holler pg. 133) |
| onomatopoeia | He was staring up at the sails, where grommets at the top of both sails were popping out, zing, snap, zing! (The Wanderer pg. 186) |
| simile | And here we are, bare-masted in gale winds and high seas, bobbing like a cork, about as far from land as we could possibly be. (The Wanderer pg. 187) |
| noun | house, ball, girl, freedom |
| verb | is, has, running, throw |
| adjective | fifteen, smart, beautiful, funny |
| adverb | slowly, here, yesterday |
| adverb | Answers the questions: How? When? Where? To what extent? |
| adjective | Answers the questions: What kind? How many? Which one? |
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