Words in Context

Words with opposite meanings

Brief article that appears alongside text

Statement that is exaggerated or greatly overstated

Giving human-like traits to an animal or object

Comparisons using the words "like" or "as"

State that one thing is another..... ex. "The night sky blanketed the city"

Person, place, thing, idea

Replaces a noun (he, she, you, ex.)

Relate a noun or pronoun to some other part of the sentence (above, within, on, ex.)

Connect words or groups of words

Single words or sentence fragments that show emotion. (Ouch!)

Modify a noun or pronoun

Modify verbs, adjectives, and other _______. Often describe place, time, manner, ex.

A relationship between two pairs of words. (Big is to small as hot is to cold.)