100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know 1-10

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What is the term for comparing two things that are not alike?

Back

Analogy

Front

What literary device involves the repetition of the same sounds?

Back

Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What does it mean to have great ambition?

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Aspire

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

What is the term for bringing out the best in someone or something?

Back

Accentuate

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

What does it mean to trick someone?

Back

Bamboozle

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

What is a word that means to express a strong desire or hope for something?

Back

Yearn

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

What is the term for a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis?

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the term for a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth?

Back

Paradox

Front

What is the term for a recurring theme or idea in a literary work?

Back

Motif

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2