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Vocab Week 10
Hunger Games Vocabulary
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8th Grade
03/18/2011

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Euphemism
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To make something sound better than what it really is
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Simile
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE--Compare two 2 unlike things using LIKE OR AS. (ex: my room is like a prison cell)
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Metaphor
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE--Compare 2 unlike things NOT using like or as (ex: I can't return to that stuffy cage of a room.)
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Hyperbole
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE--Obvious exaggeration (ex: I ate so much I could burst)
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Personification
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE--Giving human qualities to non human things (EX: The wind whispered a song in my ear.)
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Sentimental
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emotional
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Symbol
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LITERARY TERM- something that stands for more than just itself.
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Levity
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Humor
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Emanate
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to send or give out
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Assailant
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Attacker
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Idiom
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE- a phrase not taken literally (ex: He pulled my leg.; it's raining cats and dogs.)
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