VOCAB FAST ELA Group #2

a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not believe it ​ (a)  

• claim
• onomatopoeia
• sequence
• simile
• metaphor
• allusion
• alliteration
• personification
• idiom
• hyperbole

the order in which things or events follow each other ​ (a)  

• sequence
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• allusion
• alliteration
• personification
• idiom
• hyperbole
• claim

compares two very different things without using like or as (figurative language) ​ ​ (a)  

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• allusion
• alliteration
• personification
• idiom
• hyperbole
• claim
• sequence

representing a thing or idea as a person (figurative language) ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• allusion
• alliteration
• idiom
• hyperbole
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor

a phrase that means something different than its literal meaning (figurative language) ​ (a)  

• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• allusion
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor
• personification

comparing two unlike things using like or as (figurative language) ​ (a)  

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• allusion
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom

repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more words (figurative language) (a)  

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• allusion
• hyperbole
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom
• simile

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (figurative language) (a)  

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• allusion
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom
• simile
• alliteration

a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound (figurative language) ​ (a)   ​

• onomatopoeia
• allusion
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

when a piece of writing tries to hint at a person, place, thing, literature, or art (figurative language) ​ ​ (a)   ​

• allusion
• claim
• sequence
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia