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Vocabulary practice — p2x

Explain each word without looking it up. In section practice, also use it naturally in your own sentence.

1. irony

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning in your own words.

2. metaphor

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

3. personification

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

4. symbolism

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

5. imagery

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning in your own words.

6. tone

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

7. motif

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

8. alliteration

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

9. juxtaposition

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning in your own words.

10. rhetoric

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

11. hyperbole

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

12. sibilance

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

13. assonance

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning in your own words.

14. simile

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

15. oxymoron

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

16. caesura

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

17. enjambment

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning in your own words.

18. repetition

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

19. diction

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

20. semantic

Language analysis: metaphor, imagery and effect

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.