Vocabulary Words for September 10-14

1. homophone-(n.) words that sound the same same, but are spelled differently and mean different things Example: see/sea

    2. homograph-(n.) words that have multiple meanings
        Example: mean (average or not nice)

    3. synonym- (n.) words that mean the same
        Example: enormous/huge
  
    4. antonym-(n.) words that mean the opposite
        Example: left/right

    5. onomatopoeia-(n.) sound words
        Example: BOOM! ZING! BUZZ!

   6. similie-(n.) comparison using "like" or "as"
       Example: her face was as white as a ghost AND He swims like a fish in water

   7. metaphor-(n.) compares 2 people, places or things
       Example: You are a sweettart for doing that for me! AND I'm a tree on the basketball court.

   8. idiom-(n.) a figure of speech or expression/saying that does not really mean what it says
       Example: Go break a leg! AND It's raining cats and dogs.

   9. alliteration-(n.) two or more words written together that begin with the same letter
       Example: Fantastic Feathers AND Arctic Alert

  10. hyperbole-(n.) extreme exaggeration
        Example: The wait in line took forever! I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!