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Unit 5 English Vocab

  1. Words that sound like they mean
    Onomatopoeia
  2. A phrase composed of opposites/contradictions
    Oxymoron
  3. A story which instructs
    Parable
  4. Morally instructive
    Didactic
  5. An imitation of a larger, well-known/famous work
    Parody
  6. A high point of sympathy or emotion for a character
    Pathos
  7. Lines rhyme by the final two syllables which are unstresssed
    Feminine Rhyme
  8. The final, stressed syllable rhymes
    Masculine Rhyme
  9. When an object is given human characteristics
    Personifications
  10. An exaggeration
    Overstatement
  11. An exaggeration to prove a point
    Hyperbole
  12. Play on words
    Pun
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Unit 5 English Vocab
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Vocabulary for Unit 5 quiz 10/9/12
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