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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Figurative Language and Inferencing
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English
6th Grade
11/20/2013

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Inference
Definition
A conclusion reached based on textual evidence and prior knowledge
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Context clue
Definition
Words or phrases within a text that can be used by the reader to make an
inference
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Schema
Definition
Background knowledge; what is already in your head about a topic
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Simile
Definition
Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing two unlike things without using “like or “as”; one IS the other
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Personification
Definition
The act of giving animals, plants, and non-living things human-like qualities
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words; does not have to be every word in the sentence
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Onomatopoeia
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A sound word
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Idiom
Definition
A phrase or saying with a cultural meaning, but doesn’t make sense literally
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Hyperbole
Definition
An extreme exaggeration
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