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seesaw
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gold
Win 50 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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thief
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Hyperbole
A huge exaggeration. For example, “Dan’s the funniest guy on the planet!” or “That baseball card is worth a zillion dollars!”
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Pun
The use of a word in a way that plays on its different meanings. For example, “Noticing the bunch of bananas, the hungry gorilla went ape.
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Rhetorical Question
A question not meant to be answered such as “Why can’t we just get along?”
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Literal Language
Language that means exactly what it says.
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Simile
A comparison that uses “like” or “as” For example, “I’m as hungry as a wolf,” or “My love is like a rose.”
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Parody
A humorous, exaggerated imitation of another work.
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trap
No points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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thief
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Sarcasm
Language that conveys a certain idea by saying just he opposite such as if it’s raining outside and you say, “My what a beautiful day.”
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Paradox
A seeming contradiction. For example, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”
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Personification
Giving inanimate object human characteristics. For example, “The flames reached for the child hovering in the corner.”
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Soliloquy
A monologue in which a character expresses his or her thoughts to the audience and does not intend the other characters to hear them.
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trap
No points!
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rocket
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rocket
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banana
Go to last place!
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Fable
A story that illustrates a moral often using animals as the character—for example, The Tortoise and the Hare.
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Myth
A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena.
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Onomatopoeia
The use of words that sound like what they mean such as “buzz.”
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