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NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature RIT Band 211-220

NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature RIT Band 211-220. Focus on poetic/figurative vocabulary: Assonance, Consonance, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Symbolism 3 slides for each word- the word, the definition, and an example(s)

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NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature RIT Band 211-220

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  1. NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature RIT Band 211-220 Focus on poetic/figurative vocabulary: Assonance, Consonance, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Symbolism 3 slides for each word- the word, the definition, and an example(s) Can use as a presentation and or print to use for review games.

  2. ASSONANCE

  3. The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme

  4. the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain - Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven” Some kids who played games about Narnia got gradually balmier and balmier - C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

  5. CONSONANCE

  6. repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession

  7. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain. –Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”

  8. IDIOM

  9. A common expression that has a figurative meaning

  10. She is pulling my leg. You’re the apple of my eye.

  11. IMAGERY

  12. Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).

  13. "Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase, and the corners of her mouth glistened with wet, which inched like a glacier down the deep grooves enclosing her chin. Old-age liver spots dotted her cheeks, and her pale eyes had black pinpoint pupils. Her hands were knobby, and the cuticles were grown up over her fingernails." – Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird

  14. ONOMATOPOEIA

  15. A word that imitates the sound of its source

  16. QUACK BUZZ BANG SMACK

  17. PUN

  18. A form of word play which suggests two or more meanings

  19. To write with a broken pencil is pointless. I used to hate math but then I realized decimals have a point.

  20. SYMBOLISM

  21. Using an object, action, or idea to represent something other than itself

  22. Heart = love Blue= calm/peace Corvairs= Social’s wealth

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