Language Concepts

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The use of creative, non-literal language.

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Figurative Language

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A conversation between characters in a text.

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Dialogue

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

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To briefly state the main ideas of a text

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Summary

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A conclusion that ties back to the beginning of the story

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Definition of a "full circle ending"

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Words that describe actions or adjective and end in "-ly"

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Definition of "ly opener"

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A phrase that doesn't mean exactly what it says (e.g. "It's raining cats and dogs")

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Idiom

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A word that imitates a sound (e.g. buzz, hiss)

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Onomatopoeia

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Repetition of the same sound at the start if words close together

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Alliteration

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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Personification