Academic Vocab #1_4

Simile or Metaphor:
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

• simile
• metaphor

All of the following are true about biographies EXCEPT:

• Non-fiction
• First person
• About a person's life
• Usually written in past tense

All of the following are true about autobiographies EXCEPT:

• Non-fiction
• First person
• About a person's life
• Written by a fan of the subject of the book

Assonance:

• "The ocean, throwing up foaming sun-sprays across some nearby rocks, was winter cold."
• "When you played a game you won, in the same way as when you sat down to a meal you ate it."
• "Not in this conversation, not in this room."
• "The class above, seniors, draft-bait, practically soldiers, rushed ahead of us toward the war."

Gene

• Round Character
• Flat Character

Mr. Patch-Withers

• Round Character
• Flat Character

Catharsis:

• Members of the SSSotSS jump out of the tree daily.
• Finny doesn't get punished for any of his 'mistakes.'
• Gene goes along with Finny even when he doesn't want to.
• Gene bursts out crying to Dr. Stanpole.

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• Cliche
• Idiom
• Pun
• Irony

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• Satire
• Pun
• Cliche
• Simile