simile: a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as (Her eyes are like stars.) metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them (The clouds are big balls of cotton.) synonym: a word having the same or almost the same meaning as another
word in the same language (friend and pal) antonym: a word of opposite meaning (hot and cold) homophone: one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning, origin, or spelling (to and too and two) personification: the representation of a thing
or idea as a person or by the human form (The branches grabbed my hair.) alliteration: the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words (BillyBob bought big bananas.) noun: a word that is the name of something- as a person, animal, place, thing (boy, dog, school, rock) pronoun: a word that is used as a substitute for a noun (him, her, it) adjective: a word that modifies a noun by describing a quality of the thing named (The pretty picture was hanging on the wall) adverb: a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb (The boy ran quickly through the field) action verb: a word that shows action or movement (run, jump) |
