6th Grade ELA Review

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Contrasts and contradictions

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When a character says or does something that's opposite of what he or she has been saying or doing all along.

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Personification

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When human characteristics are given to non-humans.

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Theme

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The lesson of the story.

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Compound Sentence

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A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing.

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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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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Idiom

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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Irony

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A contrast between expectation and reality.

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Characterization

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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.