Week 7
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- hyperbole
- a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
- extremity
- noun: the end part of a limb, as a foot or hand
- chagrin
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- subconscious
- the part of the mind's function that you are not aware
- experimental
- relating to or based on experiment
- setting
- the time and place where a plot takes place
- antonym
- A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
- diligent
- hard-working
- homophone
- a word that is pronounced the same but has different meaning, A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
- nauseated
- feeling like you are going to vomit
- point of view
- "eyes" through which the story is told
- plot
- chain of incidents in a novel, play, etc.
- trivial
- of little importance or significance
- simile
- a comparision using like or as
- homonym
- words having the same sound but different meanings, Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings
- synonym
- words similar in meaning
- resignation
- the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
- idiom
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- improbable
- unlikely