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assonance
alliteration that has the same vowel sound at the beginning of a word
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chronologial
in time order
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chronological
In time order
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coupon
used to get money/percent discount
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memorandum
a brief note with To:, From:, and a message ( memo )
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pun
a play on words/usually fun/sometimes homophones
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oxymoron
two words together that are opposites
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anecdote
short/brief recollection of an event
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paradox
- contradicting statement
- Example: I love to swim but I hate being in the water
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symbolism
something that represents something else
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synecdoche
- part of a whole phrase or the whole referring to a part
- Example: going to a ball game
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stereotype
- generalization with a judgement
- Example: everyone that is tall plays basketball
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cliche
- overly used statement
- Example: what goes around, comes around
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conjunction
- word to connect two sentences
- Example:Or, but, and
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Parallelism
- commonalities between thoughts/sentences
- Example:Had a great lunch; had lunch
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contrast
- show differences
- Example:Compare vs. Contrast ( sound familiar? )
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participle
- similar to an adjective in a sentence
- Example:Burning-candle - present tense participle
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paraphrase
restate text but keep the meaning- summary like
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colloquialism
- conversational words
- Example: Gonna, wanna,cuz, gimmee
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dash
- separates compound words or phrases
- Example: Hyphen like -
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plagiarize
illegally copy from published material
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tragedy
an extremely sad/ horrific event happening
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appositive
noun/ noun phrase that names another noun
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flashback
remembering something from the past
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foreshadowing
hints to what is going to happen in the future
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irony
- coincidence or odd occurrence
- ( you are late for an appointment and you have a flat tire)
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sonnet
- a song like poem with 14 lines
- has a ryming scheme of ABAB then CDCD then EFEF then GG
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epic poem
a long poem that is narrative that tell about a hero
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analysis
explanation/investigation
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imagery
being able to picture something in your mind from words you read or hear
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rhetorical questions
- questions that do not really have an answer expected
- (parent might say: do you think I am blind and can't see your mesy room?)
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annotated bibliogrpahy
- a write up of the importance of a resource used
- a short paragraph describing the resource
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brochure
a pamphlet that advertises something
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memoir
something you write about one or two important events in your life
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reference book
guide book like a dictionary or encyclopedia or the thesaurus
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pathetic fallacy
personification with analogies
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analogies
comparison of two things with some connection to each other
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almanac
a reference that has interesting facts, important dates, lists, tables, etc.
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