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2nd 9 weeks
Week 9 vocabulary Review
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General Vocab
6th Grade
01/12/2010

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Term
Verb
Definition

part of speech that shows action

condition or state of being

(linking or being, or action verbs)

Term
Personification
Definition
giving nonhuman things human qualities
Term
alliteration
Definition

repetition of beginning sound

 

(peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

Term
Hyperbole
Definition
extreme exaggeration
Term
onomatopoeia
Definition

sound words

(bang, crash, boing)

Term
simile
Definition
comparision of two things using like or as
Term
metaphor
Definition

comparison, not using like or as

 

(something is      something else)

Term
imagery
Definition
language that appeals to your 5 senses
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theme
Definition
the moral or lesson the author is trying to teach
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