WOTD & Figurative Language Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is Imagination?

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The ability to form mental pictures of things or events.

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What is a Preposition?

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A part of speech that shows the relationship between a noun and other words.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that involves a direct comparison between two unrelated things.

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What is an Oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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What is an Allusion?

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An indirect reference to a person, place, or event.

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What is Perception?

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The process of interpreting sensory information.

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What is Cognition?

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The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

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What is Memory?

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The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.