EOC Vocab: Part 2

comparison in which an idea is compared to another that is quite different from it

BOOM!. ARGH! Hum. Eek.

refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison

two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound

intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is

someone telling you his or her story. "I"

the describing of something and making it more than it really is

having 2 successive rhyming lines in a verse, and has the same meter to form a complete thought

a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly

the language used by the people of a specific area, or any other group of people

when words are contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean

literal or dictionary meanings of a word

a short story about a real person or event, usually serving to make the listeners laugh

when an audience understands what's going on in a situation while the character is unaware

the time and place in which the story takes place

a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect

goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to give readers new insights

statement that may seem absurd or contradictory but yet can be true, or at least makes sense

shows no bias, emotion, or opinion

uses pronouns he and she

story is told by a narrator who may be a direct part of that experience

the narrator tells the story to another character using the word "you."

a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme

the outcome is contrary to what was expected

words that have contrasting, or opposite, meanings