7th Grade ELA Midterm- Part 2

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes, such as 'buzz' or 'crash.'

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What is a Pun?

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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or similar-sounding words, for humorous or rhetorical effect.

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What does it mean to Rebuke someone?

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To speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done.

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What is a Fragment in writing?

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A group of words that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

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What is Hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is an Idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, such as 'kick the bucket' meaning 'to die.'

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What is an Oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, like 'deafening silence'.

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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', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another, implying a comparison, such as 'time is a thief'.

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What is Personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.