Week 12 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15
9th Grade spelling words, week 12: Literary devices and terms
9th Grade spelling words · week 12 · Literary devices and terms · spellchirp.com
- oxymoron
- Two opposite words put together, like bittersweet.
- euphemism
- A mild word used in place of a harsher one.
- allusion
- A brief reference to a well-known person, event or work.
- idiom
- A phrase whose meaning differs from its separate words.
- imagery
- Language that paints pictures in the mind.
- foreshadowing
- Hints about events that are still to come.
- understatement
- Describing something as less important than it really is.
- juxtaposition
- Placing two things side by side, often to show a contrast.
- connotation
- An idea or feeling a word suggests beyond its meaning.
- denotation
- The exact dictionary meaning of a word.
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.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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