7th Grade Vocabulary

Giving credit to a source or original author of text evidence.

• citation

• reference

• quotation

• acknowledgment

A word that sounds like the noise it describes.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• understatement

When a story stops what’s happening now to show something that happened in the past.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• cliffhanger

• prologue

A type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

An author’s use of hints or clues to give a reader an idea of what may happen next.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• metaphor

• allegory

The wind was so strong it blew the birds backwards! This is an example of...

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

A statement that someone says to be true, especially when other people may not agree

• assertion

• claim

• opinion

• fact

A reference to a well known person, place, event, book, or work of art, often used to help make a comparison.

• metaphor

• allusion

• analogy

• symbolism

Her eyes sparkled like diamonds when she found out that she was nominated for the award. This is an example of…

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification