7th Grade ELA Vocab

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Stop or pause in poetry

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caesura

Front

Main idea expressed by a poem/book

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theme

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Example of hyperbole:

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I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

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A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines

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stanza

Front

Sandy says Spongebob has the suds is an example of...

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alliteration

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Describing one thing as another

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metaphor

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"He's fast as lightning" is an example of...

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simile

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"Jellyfish Fields smelled of fresh coral and was blanketed in bright green grass" is an example of...

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imagery

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A figure of speech giving human traits to animals, objects, or ideas.

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personification

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Words/phrases whose sounds suggest meanings (e.g., "squeak").

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onomatopoeia