vocab. 1 nick s

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simile

Compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”

Compares the unknown to the known so the reader can imagine the image or concept in their mind

“His teeth were crooked like a pile of wrecked cars.”

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“Their house was like a big hotel.”

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“… standing in front of a cement house which is more like a box.”

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“Stroking the soft leather as if it were gold…”

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“He caressed the glove like it was a new born puppy.”

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“… pushing the ball out of his palm, like it was sticky and disgusting.”

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In the movie, “Independence Day,” alien ships ________ over major cities around the world, waiting to strike.

The woman ________ over her daughter’s shoulder whenever she chatted on the internet with anyone.

Syn: linger, float, loom (over)

Ant: soar

Definition: (v) to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth over or around

hovered

hovered

hover

While hovering over my best friends shoulder while he was texting, I realized that he was texting my own phone number.

“The _______ worker caused the entire project to fall behind schedule.” (adj.)

“Tour guides often have to urge ________ to keep up with the rest of the group.” (noun)

Syn: (n) slowpoke, straggler, (a) sluggish, lazy

Ant: (n) early bird (a) swift, speedy

Definition: (n) a person who moves slowly or falls behind

(a) Falling behind; slow to move or act

(describing a person or thing)

laggard

laggards

laggard(noun)

While pretending to be a ghost, the laggard was being carried around in his bed.

laggard(adjective)

While the laggard turtle was running away from a 16 wheeler truck, he got hit.

“Several students plan to ___________on a History Fair project about the American Revolution.”

Syn: (team up, join forces)

Ant: work alone

Definition: to work together

collaborate

collaborate(verb)

When the ants needed food, they collaborated to carry an acorn all the way to their ant pile.

imagery

Definition: The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

imageryExample 1: “I peeled my orange that was so bright against the gray of December that, from a distance, someone might have thought I was making a fire in my hands.”

from “Oranges” on page 37

imageryExample 2: “Her house, the one whose porch light burned yellow night and day, in any weather.”

from “Oranges” on page 37

imageryExample 3: “December. Frost cracking beneath my steps, my breath before me, then gone…” from “Oranges” on page 37

Internal Conflict

• Definition: psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense

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• and illustration