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Words in Context

OCCT 8th Grade Reading

15 cards·by huffmast
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Words with similar meanings
Synonyms
Words with opposite meanings
Antonyms
Brief article that appears alongside text
Sidebar
Statement that is exaggerated or greatly overstated
Hyperbole
Giving human-like traits to an animal or object
Personification
Comparisons using the words "like" or "as"
Similes
State that one thing is another..... ex. "The night sky blanketed the city"
Metaphors
Person, place, thing, idea
Noun
Replaces a noun (he, she, you, ex.)
Pronoun
Relate a noun or pronoun to some other part of the sentence (above, within, on, ex.)
Preposition
Connect words or groups of words
Conjunctions
Single words or sentence fragments that show emotion. (Ouch!)
Interjections
Modify a noun or pronoun
Adjectives
Modify verbs, adjectives, and other _______. Often describe place, time, manner, ex.
Adverbs
A relationship between two pairs of words. (Big is to small as hot is to cold.)
Analogy