EOC English II Vocabulary Practice

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Similes

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Uses "like" or "as" for comparison.

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Metaphors

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Comparison without using "like" or "as."

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things.

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Hyperbole

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Over-exaggeration.

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Analogy

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Comparing two unlike things.

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Allusion

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Reference to something outside the text.

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Idiom

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A widely used saying that doesn't match its literal definition.

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Symbolism

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Something stands for or represents something else.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.

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Rhyme

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Words that sound alike (e.g., cat/hat).