narrative vocabulary

Comparing two unlike things. He is a lion is an example of this.

• simile

• metaphor

• narrative

Answer explanation

Metaphors are stronger than similes. They make a direct comparison between two unlike things.

We use metaphors to express ideas that are difficult to express.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Comparing two unlike things using like or as. She is as strong as an ox is an example.

• narrative

• oxymoron

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving something that is not human human qualities. The wind was angry and yelled in my face is an example.

• Personification

• narrative

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Over exaggeration. I have a ton on of homework is an example of

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• personfication

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Words that sound like sounds. "Pow" and "Bam" are examples.

• metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• narrative

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Phrase that doesn't make sense literally, but is understood by the culture where it is used. "It's a piece of cake" is an example.

• oxymoron

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A phrase that puts two opposite or contradictory words together. "Deafening silence" and "pretty ugly" are examples.

• similes

• personification

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

When a narrative shifts back in time it is called a

• narrative

• flashback

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Starting two or more words that have the same sound in a phrase or sentence. "Green grows the grass" is an example of

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The arrangement of words to create a sentence is

• symbolism

• simile

• syntax

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D