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| the way a writer uses language |
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also known as figurative language
expressions that are not literally true but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things |
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| a comparison of two unlike things using a word of comparison such as like, than, as, or resemble |
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| a comparison of two unlike things directly without using a specific word of comparison |
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| a metaphor where the comparison is extended as far as the writer wants to take it |
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| a way of giving a nonhuman or inanimate thing as if it had human or lifelike qualities |
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| when reality contradicts what we expect |
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| when we say one thing and mean something else |
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| a situation that turns out to be just the opposite of what we would expect |
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| a situation when we know something that a character in a book, movie, or play doesn't know |
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| language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses-makes us feel that we are seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. what the writer is |
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| a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people |
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| people, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves |
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| 6 Ways of Reading Actively |
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- Predict
- Mark or Highlight
- Ask Questions
- Clarify
- React and Connect
- Visualize
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