My Perspectives Chapter 2 Vocab

Define Submerged

• To rise above

• Completely cover in liquid

• An under water boat

• To bring 2 things together

Define forlorn

• Abandoned or deserted

• Happy

• A type of fruit

• To belong to a group

Define canals

• Part of your tooth

• A place to sleep

• Artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation

• A person in the circus

Define immense

• To be done right now

• Very large

• To push under water

• To fly to Mars

What is Compare and Contrast

• To find similarities and differences

• To find how things are the same

Define atmosphere

• A dome in the desert

• A small particle of space

• A shape of a circle

• The gas surrounding the Earth

Define mosaic

• made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

• An Arab religion

• A person who lived in ancient times

• A painting on the wall

What is a simile

• Compares 2 unlike things saying one is like the other

• Compares 2 unlike things using the terms like or as

• Is a comparison where a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics

What is a metaphor

• Compares 2 unlike things using the terms like or as

• Compares 2 unlike things by saying 1 is like the other

• Is a comparison where a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics

What is personification

• Compares 2 unlike things by saying 1 is like the other

• Compares 2 unlike things using the terms like or as

• Is a comparison where a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics