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Vocabulary Words Unit 8

Vocabulary Words Unit 8. Allusion. Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing He had the strength of Hercules!. Characterization . The way an author helps you get acquainted with a character in the story How Frances looks, talks, acts. Imagery .

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Vocabulary Words Unit 8

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  1. Vocabulary Words Unit 8

  2. Allusion • Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing • He had the strength of Hercules!

  3. Characterization • The way an author helps you get acquainted with a character in the story • How Frances looks, talks, acts

  4. Imagery • Words that help the reader experience the way things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel in the story • The boy with one leg hopped like a kangaroo racing away from a lion.

  5. Onomatopoeia • Sound words used for imagery • bang, buzz, rings, sizzle

  6. Personification • The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects • The bewitched chair galloped across the room.

  7. Setting • The time and place of the events in the story

  8. Symbolism • A person, place, or object that stands for something other than itself • In the story “Eleven”, the old, red, stretched-out sweater symbolized a LOSER to the main character, and she was upset that people thought it belonged to her.

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