Vocabulary 3.2

when the author uses details and descriptions that appeal to the reader's senses

• imagery

• impressive

• into

• impose

the repetition of beginning sounds within a phrase or sentence

• all

• altruistic

• alliteration

• apple

uses the words "like" or "as" to make a comparison about two unlike things

• simple

• simile

• smile

• smell

figurative language in which an author gives human qualities to an object, animal or idea

• person

• purple

• plum

• personification

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things (not using "like" or "as")

• metal

• metaphor

• math

• mute

language that communicates meanings beyond what is written; used to create effects, emphasize ideas and evoke emotions

• figurative language

• literal language

• figure skating

• financial