1. Trimester 3 Vocab
Week 2

2. hyperbole
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect
Examples:
I am so hungry I can eat a cow!
My head hurts so bad it’s ready to explode!

3. personification Giving human qualities to non-human things Examples:
The flowers danced in the wind.
The sun was playing hide-and-seek amidst the clouds.

4. simile Comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as
Examples:
My dad said I was as blind as a bat when I backed into the pole with the car.
My best friend and I are like two peas in a pod.

5. metaphor Comparing two unlike things without using the word like or as
Examples:
Love is a rose.
He tried to help but his legs were rubber.

6. tone Author’s attitude toward the subject, audience, or a character
Example:
"Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty." -To Kill a Mockingbird
Tone indicates author’s feeling of Atticus as being “old”

7. mood The atmosphere or feeling a story or poem evokes Examples:
It was a dark and stormy night. (scary, uneasy mood)
The sun was shining brightly on the meadow. (happy mood)

8. dramatic irony
Occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not.
Example:
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the reader knew Montresor was seeking revenge; however, Fortunado had no idea of his fate and was led to an untimely death.

9. speaker
Voice that is talking to us in a poem

10. ballad Poem that tells a story Sometimes set to music
“Ballad of Birmingham”