Figurative, Connotative, and Technical Word Meanings

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What are technical word meanings?

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Refers to the specific subject area of a word or phrase.

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What is connotation?

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The feelings or ideas associated with a word.

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What is figurative language?

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Refers to the unusual or creative ways an idea is expressed.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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What does 'sufficient' mean in context?

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Just enough; adequate.

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Identify a word with a negative connotation: 'drowned' or 'swam'?

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Drowned.