Lesson 18 Vocab 6th grade

Front

Ordinary speech or writing

Back

Prose

Front

Type of literature or art

Back

genre

Front

A figure of speech using 'like' or 'as' to compare unlike things.

Back

simile

Front

A figure of speech describing one thing as another.

Back

metaphor

Front

A story of someone's life, by that person.

Back

autobiography

Front

Traditional stories

Back

Folklore

Front

A short saying expressing a truth or advice

Back

proverb

Front

Use of words that imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

Front

A story of someone's life, written by another person.

Back

Biography

Front

A scene set earlier than the main events of a story

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flashback