1. 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) Can use as a presentation and or print to use for review games.

2. ASSONANCE

3. The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme

4. the silken sad unc er tain rustling of each p ur ple c ur tain- Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven” Some kids who played games about N a rn ia got gradually b a lm ie r and b a lm ie r - C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

5. CONSONANCE

6. repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession

7. And the s ilken s ad un c ertain ru s tling of each purple curtain. – Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”

8. IDIOM

9. A common expression that has a figurative meaning

10. She is pulling my leg. You’re the apple of my eye.

11. IMAGERY

12. Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).

13. "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

14. ONOMATOPOEIA

15. A word that imitates the sound of its source

16. QUACK BUZZ BANG SMACK

17. PUN

18. A form of word play which suggests two or more meanings

19. To write with a broken pencil is pointless. I used to hate math but then I realized decimals have a point.

20. SYMBOLISM

21. Using an object, action, or idea to represent something other than itself

22. Heart = love Blue= calm/peace Corvairs= Social’s wealth