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38 Cards in this Set
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Fact |
A truth that is known to exist or has happened in the past, based on observation or actual experience |
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Opinion |
A personal view or attitude, not based on certainty. |
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Homonyms |
Words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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Homophones |
A type of homonym that sound alike, have different meanings, and have different spellings. |
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Verbs |
words that show action, link the subject of a sentence to words about the subject, or help another verb |
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Predicate |
The part of the sentence that expresses something about the subject |
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Idioms |
Phrases and expressions that cannot be taken literally |
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Linking Verbs |
Connects the subject of a sentence with information about the subject but does not show action |
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Flat Characters |
Characters in a novel who are central to the action but are not fully developed |
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Round Characters |
The Main characters who the author tells a lot about |
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Adverb |
A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |
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Syllable |
A part of a word that contains a vowel sound |
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Line |
Words grouped together in a horizontal row of a poem |
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Stanza |
Lines of poetry grouped together |
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Couplet |
A two-line stanza |
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Quatrain |
A poem or stanza with four lines |
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Verse |
A poem that rhymes |
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Rhyming Pattern |
The placement of words that rhyme within a poem |
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Weak Rhyme
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Words that almost rhyme |
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Onomatopoeia |
A word that sounds like the noise the word makes |
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Alliteration |
A group of words that have the same beginning sounds |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things |
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Simile |
A metaphor that uses the word "like" or "as" in the comparison |
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Visual Imagery |
Words that show you a picture in your mind |
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Synonyms |
Words that have the same or similar meaning |
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Noun |
A person, place, thing or idea |
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Action Verb |
A word that shows action |
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Adjective |
A word that describes a noun |
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Acrostic Poem |
Each line begins with a letter in the word that is the subject of the poem |
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Haiku |
A poem that has a 5 - 7 - 5 syllable pattern within three lines |
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Personification |
A tool used by writers to give inanimate objects human traits |
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Linking Verb |
Links the subject of the sentence to words about the subject. |
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Ironic |
using words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny |
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Domiciles |
the place where you live : your home |
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Dictatorial |
* used to describe a person who tries to control other people in a forceful and unfair way * of, relating to, or ruled by a dictator |
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Tranquilize |
to use a drug to cause (a person or animal) to become very relaxed and calm |
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Nonchalantly |
relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything |
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Subtle |
hard to notice or see : not obvious |
