Academic Vocabulary

What is Alliteration

• Big Exaggeration

• Giving something human qualities

• The repetition of consonant sounds

What is an Idiom

• A form of "Word Play" in which the word has a double meaning.

• A statement that doesn't really mean what is being said

• Comparing two unlike things

What is a Simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• A saying with a little bit of wisdom

What is an Onomatopoeia?

• When two words are put together that contradict one another.

• Naming a thing or action by imitating the sound associated with it.

• Big exaggeration

What is an Oxymoron?

• A form of "word Play" in which the word has double meaning.

• A saying with a little bit of wisdom is given

• When two words are put together that contradict one another.

What is a Hyperbole?

• Big exaggeration

• Comparing two unlike things

• A statement that doesn't really mean what is being said.

What is Personification?

• The repetition of usually consonant sounds.

• giving something human qualities

• Big exaggeration

What is a metaphor?

• Using like or as to compare two unlike things

• Comparing two things NOT using like or as

• A form of word play in which the word has a double meaning.

What is a pun?

• A saying where a little bit of wisdom is given

• A form of word play in which the word has a double meaning

• using like or as to compare to unlike things

Which of the following is a euphemism for LYING

• Telling a fib
• Deviating from the truth
• Tell a tall tale
• All of the above