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22 Cards in this Set
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personification
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Giving human like qualities to objects.
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metaphor
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A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as".
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homonym
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A word that sounds the same and it is spelled the same as another word but means something different.
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onomatopoeia
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Words formed by imitating sounds.
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alliteration
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Repeating the same sounds in two or more sentences/words.
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repetition
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To repeat the same words/ideas over again.
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generalize
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To use little parts of writing to make a larger statement. You can make a conclusion or summary based on the information you know.
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idiom
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An exaggerated statement that is not taken literally.
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hyperbole
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An obvious exaggeration.
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Genere
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A type/category of something.
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fiction
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Not true
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non-fiction
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Not true
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synonym
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Two words that mean the same.
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antonym
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Two words that mean the opposite.
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homophone
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Two words that sound the same but are spelled and mean different things.
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compare
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To find way in which things are alike.
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contrast
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To find ways in which things are different.
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cause
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The event that makes something happen-sometimes a cause can have more than one event.
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effect
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What happens because of a cause.
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genre
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A type or category of something.
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Generalazation words
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many, most, often and such
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infer
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to take infomation and make a reasonable guess
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