The One with All the Vocabulary Words Part 2

a comparison that does not use “like” or “as” and is more direct than a simile

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

extreme exaggeration

• allusion

• alliteration

• flashback

• hyperbole

a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong

• medium

• argument

• credibility

• evidence

repetition of beginning sounds in words that are close together

• repetition

• alliteration

• anaphora

• antithesis

repetition of accented vowel sounds in a series of words

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• assonance

• consonance

the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopeia

dictionary definition of a word

• denotation

• connotation

• literal

• explicit

the feelings associated with a word

• denotation

• resolution

• connotation

• mood

a perspective from which a text is told

• narrator

• character

• flashback

• point of view

how the information within a text is organized

• plot diagram

• character chart

• text structure

• argument structure