Vocab

Front

make a sweeping movement

Back

pan

Front

attention held by a spell

Back

transfixed

Front

a disposition where you expect the best of things

Back

optimism

Front

punished for acts of others

Back

scapegoat

Front

exactness

Back

precisely

Front

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

Back

hyperbole

Front

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

Front

a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas

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personification

Front

a word or phrase that describes something in a way that is not literally true

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metaphor

Front

a term used to describe a person who takes the blame for others

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scapegoat