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  • The main point of an entire text.
    central idea
  • A reference to a well-known text, person, event, etc. (UNCHANGED)
    allusion
  • The floor is lava.
    metaphor
  • A song about the state capitals set to the tune of Yankee Doodle.
    allusion
  • Mr. Cavanagh and Miss Duncan went to high school together.
    coincidence
  • Example: "Casey at the Bat: Road Game"
    parody
  • An extreme exaggeration
    hyperbole
  • Yellow is back to school and freshly sharpened pencils.
    Metaphor
  • Joe is so slow, he's a turtle.
    metaphor
  • It's time to HIT THE ROAD.
    idiom
  • "The train keeps moving, halting, moving, hiccupping through the landscape" (Nagai 278).
    personification
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    simile
  • The cringe was threatening to overwhelm her with second-hand embarrassment.
    personification
  • A comparison between two things using like, as, or than
    simile
  • The Statue of Liberty but with Squidward's face
    parody
  • The crickets started to CHIRP.
    onomatopoeia
  • When you EXPECT one thing, but get something QUITE DIFFERENT.
    situational irony
  • Going to Florida for spring break to get away from the cold, and it starts snowing there.
    situational irony
  • A Saturday Night Live sketch making fun of Justin and Hailey Bieber.
    parody
  • It broke my heart.
    simile
    idiom
    metaphor
    hyperbole
  • A reference to Martin Luther King Junior
    allusion
  • info that clarifies, proves, or explains main/central ideas
    supporting details
  • When two things happen just by chance. (No expectation.)
    coincidence
  • The night was as dark as a blackboard.
    simile
  • Alanna talks a mile a minute.
    hyperbole
  • Mr. Cavanagh, a teacher at PVJH, went to Bettendorf Middle School.
    situational irony
  • An expression that is not literally true.
    Idiom
  • Giving human-like traits to something non-human
    personification
  • The students were a nightmare in the hallway.
    metaphor
  • A reference to something well known, used for comedic effect.
    parody
  • A comparison between two things NOT using like, as, or than
    metaphor
  • Super Grover recreating the Old Spice commercial
    parody
  • Everyone is supposed to be quiet during ISASP testing, but two teachers caused a tumult out in the hallway.
    situational irony
  • The main point of a portion of a text.
    main idea
  • A word that sounds like what it means
    onomatopoeia
  • ISASP was the worst thing in life.
    hyperbole (stop it, you're fine.)
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