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NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature RIT Band 211-220. Focus on poetic/figurative vocabulary: Assonance, Consonance, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Symbolism 3 slides for each word- the word, the definition, and an example(s) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature
RIT Band 211-220Focus on poetic/figurative vocabulary: Assonance, Consonance, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Symbolism
3 slides for each word- the word, the definition, and an example(s)
Can use as a presentation and or print to use for review games.
ASSONANCE
The repetition of vowel
sounds to create internal
rhyme
the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain - Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”
Some kids who played games about Narnia got gradually balmier
and balmier- C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the
Dawn Treader
CONSONANCE
repetition of the same consonant
two or more times in short
succession
And the silken sad uncertain
rustling of each purple curtain. –
Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”
IDIOM
A common expression that has a figurative meaning
She is pulling my leg.
You’re the apple of my eye.
IMAGERY
Vivid descriptive language that
appeals to one or more of the
senses (sight, hearing, touch,
smell, and taste).
"Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase, and the corners of her mouth glistened with wet, which inched like a glacier down the deep grooves enclosing her chin. Old-age liver spots dotted her cheeks, and her pale eyes had black pinpoint pupils. Her hands were knobby, and the cuticles were grown up over her fingernails."
– Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
ONOMATOPOEIA
A word that imitates the sound of its
source
QUACK
BUZZ
BANG
SMACK
PUN
A form of word play which
suggests two or more meanings
To write with a broken pencil is
pointless.
I used to hate math but then I
realized decimals have a point.
SYMBOLISM
Using an object, action,
or idea to represent something other than
itself
Heart = loveBlue= calm/peaceCorvairs= Social’s wealth