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Week 34 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14

8th Grade spelling words, week 34: Literary devices

These are terms for how stories work, many with Greek roots. Break the long ones apart: pro-tag-o-nist, al-lit-er-a-tion, per-son-i-fi-ca-tion.
protagonist
The main character in a story.
antagonist
The character who opposes the hero.
flashback
A scene that returns to events from an earlier time.
simile
A comparison using the word like or as.
foreshadow
To give hints about what will happen later.
alliteration
Repeating the same starting sound in nearby words.
personification
Giving human traits to things that are not human.
pun
A joke that plays on words with similar sounds.
hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration for effect.
allegory
A story whose characters stand for deeper ideas.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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