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Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary Review. Poetry…. Where context clues play a very important role. Provide an example or synonym. He is as dead as a doorknob. Simile. (noun) A comparison of two things that are different using “Like “ or “As”.

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Vocabulary Review

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  1. Vocabulary Review Poetry…. Where context clues play a very important role. Provide an example or synonym.

  2. He is as dead as a doorknob. Simile (noun) A comparison of two things that are different using “Like “ or “As”.

  3. Perhaps the most famous allegory is “The Chronicles of Narnia because…. Allegory (noun) A narrative or description having a 2nd meaning beneath the surface one.

  4. Examples..Glug, glug. Slurp, Bang, pow, burp…. Onomatopoeia (noun) a word that sounds like what it means.

  5. The grass dancedin the wind. Personification (adj) When an object takes on the traits of a living thing.

  6. Just chill… my heart is as heavy as stone… Figurative (adj) Language that is not literal- describing things in terms of something else that is not similar.

  7. Holding your nose is a universal connotation that someone smells. Connotation (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested.

  8. I am as hungry as a horse is an example of a hyperbole. Hyperbole (noun) an extravagant exaggeration.

  9. Examples: She sold sea shells by the seashore. Alliteration (noun) The start of 2 or more words with the same sound.

  10. “She’s a brick house” is an example of a metaphor Metaphor (noun) a comparison between two different things not using “like” or “as”.

  11. When I say “be quiet!”, please take it as a denotation. Be quiet! Denotation (noun) The direct meaning of a word or expression; the dictionary meaning.

  12. The End! Literally!

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