Academic Vocabulary

Front

What is the repetition of sounds within words or in nearby words to produce an auditory effect?

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Alliteration

Front

What is the exaggeration of facts, situations, characteristics, attitudes, etc., to emphasize or ridicule?

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Hyperbole

Front

What tells the reader what a section of the text is about?

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Subtitle

Front

What are the people or animals in a story called?

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Characters

Front

What are letters attached at the beginning of a word called?

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Prefix

Front

What is a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word?

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Synonym

Front

What is a word that sounds like the sound it represents?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

What is a brief statement that gives the main points of a text?

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Summary

Front

What is a part of a play that gives instructions to the actors?

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Stage Directions

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem?

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Stanza