| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allegory | a representation of an abstract or spiritial meaning through something real: My lunch box represents hunger! |
| alliteration | two or more stressed syllables of a word group (consonants): She sold seashells by the seashore. |
| allusion | a passing or casual reference: In his letter, he made an allusion to my upcoming birthday. |
| antonym | a word opposite in meaning to another: Fast and slow. |
| assonance | similar sounds in a word group (vowels): The cat in the hat was fat. |
| dialect | a variety of a language that sounds different from other varieties of the same language: Pennyslvania Dutch is one! |
| homophone | a word pronounced the same but different in meaning: heir and air |
| idiom | an expression that does not mean what the words themselves exactly mean: He kicked the bucket means he died, not that he kicked an actual bucket. |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration: I'm so hungry I could DIE! |
| jargon | the language that is specific to a certain group or profession: People who are not in school would not understand words like PSSA, rotation schedule, or activity day. |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison without using the words like or as: Life is but a dream! |
| satire | the use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose and denounce (talk trash) about something: The whole CD was a satire against censorship. |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using like or as: She is as pretty as a picture. |
| synonym | a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the same language: Joyful and happy. |
| final | the end of something: The final day of school is in June. |
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