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What is imagery
When they character in your book paints a picture
That image you just sent to your friend
When you decide to go paint a picture of the mountains
Making a picture of multiple words that triggers your senses
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What is symbolism
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman
An object that represents a larger idea
That thing you put on your shirt
You can hang it on your wall
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Personification
Giving human characteristics to non-human
Giving human characteristics to non-human
A person with really crazy hair
I don't know you tell me
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What is consonance
Repeated vowel sounds in close proximity
Repeated consonant sounds in close proximity
Repeated clothing wear in close proximity
Does alligators are way too close
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What is assonance
Part of your brain
A hint of something in the story
Repeated vowel sounds in close proximity
Repeated consonants sounds in close proximity
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What is foreshadowing
When the sun creates a shadow
When the sun is in your way
A hint what is going to happen
When the author show you something from the past
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What is an onomatopoeia
Painting a picture using multiple words that trigger senses
The punctuation of a word that mimics the sound it makes
On... My... couch
That's a lot of words....
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What is a simile
comparison to make one of the compared items understandable
Say cheese!
A comparison of two unlike things, like or
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What is a metaphor
Something to do with your car
Something to do with your car
A comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as
Something to do with your car
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What is a hyperbole
Making cereal
An extreme exaggeration
Playing football
Something to do with the Super Bowl
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Are you ready for your test?
I need to study more!
Definitely!
I don't know!
No way Jose!
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What is alliteration?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
An extreme exaggeration of something
When alligators use big words?
I don't know it probably has something to do with words
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What is analogy
An object that represents a larger idea
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman
Something with history
Use of a comparison to make it's easier to understand
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How do you think you did?
50 percent
0 percent
Other
100 percent
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Flashback. What is it?
An interruption in the story showing a scene from the past
When a book shows you something from the future
When a character looks into the glass ball
When you decide to cut your hair
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What is allusion?
It makes a reference to a place person or event
Pulling a bunny out of a hat
An interruption in the story showing a scene from the past
Something magicians do
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What is dialogue
Two or more people talking to each other
Conversation between two or more people
An object that represents a larger idea
Having a playdate with your friend
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What is suspense
Something scary
A hint of what is to come in the story
Anxiety or uncertainty about what will happen next
I am really scared
