The Giver Grammer Chapters 8-16 Flashcards

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Alliteration

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Sounds at the beginning of a word

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Allusion

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A reference of a person place of thing assumed to be well known

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3
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Foreshawdowing

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The use of hints or clues to suggest a later event that occurs in the work

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4
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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration

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5
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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the five senses

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6
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Irony

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The opposite of what you expect occurs

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7
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Metaphor

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A comparison using a form of the verb “to be”

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8
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Repetition

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The repeating of words phrases for emphasis of effect

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9
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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

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10
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Symbolism

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An object represents an idea

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11
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Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet

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Alliteration

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12
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She has the feeling of a golden ticket: Charlie and the chocolate factory

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Alusion

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13
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Dark and stormy weather on a cold night will make the reading predict something bad with happen

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Foreshadowing

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14
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I love you to the moon and back

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Hyperbole

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15
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The grass tickled his skin

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Imagery

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16
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The titanic was unsinkable bus still sunk

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Irony

17
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You have a heart of gold

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Metaphor

18
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Waited some time, then more time, and after a long time.

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Repetition

19
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You are as fast as a cheetah

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Simile

20
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Black represents evil

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Symbolism

21
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Euphemism

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A nice way of saying something

22
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Flashback

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Going back in time

23
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Onomatopia

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The word imitates the sound it describes

24
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Theme

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The lesson learned by the end of the story