Vocab Unit 3.1 (Prose and Poetry)

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Alliteration

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Same beginning sound in words repeated. ex: The raven rapidly reached the river.

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Personification

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Human traits to nonhuman things. Ex: The vacuum cleaner gobbled up the mess.

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Figurative language comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Ex: The wave was like a charging bull.

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simile

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A group of words with a meaning different from the individual words. Example: 'over the moon!'

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idiom

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Theme

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Underlying message or big idea of the text.

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Compare two things by saying one is another. Ex: They were two peas in a pod.

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metaphor

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Emotional state or reaction

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Feelings

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Motivations

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reasons for acting a certain way

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thermo

Back

heat

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cir-, circum

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around