The Outsiders Unit- Key Vocabulary

What is a simile?

• It compares two things using the words 'like' and 'as'.

• It is a phrase used to describe something as if it were something else.

• The use of a concrete idea to represent an abstract idea.

• When words start with the same letter or sound.

What is a metaphor?

• It compares two things using the words 'like' and 'as'.

• It is a phrase used to describe something as if it were something else.

• The use of a concrete idea to represent an abstract idea.

• When words start with the same letter or sound.

What is symbolism?

• It compares two things using the words 'like' and 'as'.

• It is a phrase used to describe something as if it were something else.

• The use of a concrete idea to represent an abstract idea.

• When words start with the same letter or sound.

What is alliteration?

• It compares two things using the words 'like' and 'as'.

• It is a phrase used to describe something as if it were something else.

• The use of a concrete idea to represent an abstract idea.

• When words start with the same letter or sound.

What does desolate mean?

• The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

• A feeling that something bad will happen.

• A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

• A place that is uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

What does foreboding mean?

• The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

• A feeling that something bad will happen.

• A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

• A place that is uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

What does ominous mean?

• The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

• A feeling that something bad will happen.

• A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

• A place that is uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

What does isolated mean?

• The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

• A feeling that something bad will happen.

• A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

• Far away from other places, buildings or people

What does nostalgia mean?

• A place that is uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

• A feeling that something bad will happen.

• A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.

• Far away from other places, buildings or people

True or false: Ominous is the opposite to foreboding

• True

• False