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7th Grade
01/10/2010

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Term
Personification
Definition

you use your words to make

an unreal object act or become

real

Term
Prep Phrase
Definition

its object, which is usually a noun or a pronoun, and any modifiers of the object, as in the gray

In is the Preposition and the phrase is in the gray

Term
Dramatic Irony
Definition
 a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
Term

Proper

noun

Definition

A noun that's descriptive meaning is the word or phrase

Examples:

Lincoln, Beth, Pittsburgh

Term
Metaphor
Definition
 

a figure of speech in which

a term or phrase is applied to something

Term
Simile
Definition

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared

Example:

He is as fragel as glass

She is like a tiger

Term
Characterization
Definition

description of the charater

or acter in the story

 

Term

Common

Noun

Definition

a noun that is regular

and is just a noun

 Examples:

 man, city, horse, music

Term
Theme
Definition

The subject or the main idea

also could be the idea of the

whole object

Term
Point of view
Definition

what the author or writer

is trying to show or inform

the audience

Term
Verbal Irony
Definition
a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Term
Irony of the situation
Definition
an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
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