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6th Grade
02/19/2013

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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, not using "like" or "as".
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Simile
Definition
A figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as".
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Personification
Definition
The act of attributing human qualities or characteristics to animals, objects, or abstract ideas.
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Hyperbole
Definition
An extravagant statement; extreme exaggeration; or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally.
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Idioms
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An expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. For example: "Break a leg" or "The early bird gets the word".
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of a word. For example: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences. For example: Do you like blue?
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Consonance
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A poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter" or "all mammals named Sam are clammy"
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Onomatopoeia
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The formation or use of words such as, buzz or murmur, that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions in which they refer.
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Subjective Pronoun
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A person that is used as the subject of a sentence; the pronoun that performs the action verb.
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Objective Pronoun
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A pronoun that is the object of the verb.
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