A Raisin In The Sun Review

What is an oxymoron?

• A combination of contradictory words

• A seemingly contradicting phrase

• A comparison using like or as

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What is alliteration

• A comparison without using like or as

• The same word repeated multiple times in a sentence

• the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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What is a metaphor

• A comparison between two similar people

• A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as

• A comparison between two unlike things USING like or as

• a John Green reference

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What is an allusion

• a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event.

• a figure of speech where words with the same beginning letter are placed right next to each other

• a figure of speech where vivid details about something are given to create a mental image.

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What is a simile

• A comparison WITHOUT using like or as

• a comparison USING like or as

• a comparison between two unlike things done by placing the contrasting things side by side.

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What is juxtaposition

• two opposite things being compared by using like or as

• a repeated word, phrase, or image.

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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What is a paradox

• a self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well-founded or true.

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects.

• contradictory terms placed side by side

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What is assimilation

• cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture

• being absorbed into something. the process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society:

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What is acculturation

• cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture

• being absorbed into something. the process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society:

• visiting a new country

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What is ethnocentrism

• a melting pot

• adopting other cultures' practices into your own life

• is the term used to describe the opinion that one's own way of life is natural or correct

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