Vocab Unit 3.1 (Prose and Poetry)

alliteration

• compare two things by saying something is something else. ex: They were two peas in a pod.

• a group of words that has a different meaning from the meaning of the individual words put together. ex: When she found out she had gotten a part in the play she was over the moon!

• figurative language that compares two unlike things using the word like or as. ex: The wave was like a charging bull

• when the same beginning sound in a group of words is repeated. ex: The raven rapidly reached the river.

personification

• when human characteristics are given to nonhuman things like animals, objects, or even ideas. ex: The vacuum cleaner gobbled up the mess.

• compare two things by saying something is something else. ex: They were two peas in a pod

• when the same beginning sound in a group of words is repeated. ex: The raven rapidly reached the river.

• figurative language that uses exaggeration to describe something that is impossible.ex: That's a mountain of spaghetti!

figurative language that compares two unlike things using the word like or as. ex: The wave was like a charging bull.

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

a group of words that has a different meaning from the meaning of the individual words put together. ex: When she found out she had gotten a part in the play she was over the moon!

• theme

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

Theme

• the underlying message, lesson, or big idea of the literary text

• a character's actions

• basic sequence of events in a story

• time

compare two things by saying something is something else. ex: They were two peas in a pod.

• similie

• idom

• metaphor

• personification

an emotional state or reaction

• feelings

• motivation

• trait

• theme

Motivations

• basic sequence of events in a story

• reasons for acting a certain way

• what a character is like

• a character's actions

thermo

• one who

• time

• person who

• heat

cir-, circum

• heat

• around

• opposite of

• one who