Springboard 8th grade unit 4 vocab

The arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

• Yarn

• Dialect

Strong disapproval of an attitude or topic

• Derision

• Denounce

• Dialect

Declare something to be wrong in a public way

• alliteration

• yarn

• dialect

• Denounce

A visual or verbal representation in which characteristics or traits are distorted for emphasis

• Persona

• Hyperbole

• Yarn

• Caricature

The voice or character speaking, narrating a story

• Persona

• Irony

• satire

• derision

A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor

• satire

• irony

• dialect

• denounce

A literary device that exploits readers expectations

• persona

• Irony

• satire

• yarn

The distinctive language, including the sounds, spelling, grammar and diction of a specific group or class of people

• dialect

• alliteration

• irony

• satire

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, often used for comic effect

• Alliteration

• hyperbole

• irony

• persona

A long, often involved story, usually telling of incredible or fantastic events.

• yarn

• dialect

• satire

• hyperbole