Vocabulary Set 1- Lesson

Definition: the creation of words that imitate natural dounds

Example: BOOM!

Synonym: imitation

Antonym: difference

Definition: the use of words that begin with the same sound near one another.

Example: babbling brook

Synonym: repeating

Antonym: original

Definition: The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think, especially in order to be funny

Example: a fire station burns down.

Synonym: humor

Antonym: seroiusness

Definition: a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, week, bad, etc.

Example: ghost saying, "get a life"

Synonym: mockery

Antonym: seriousness

Definition: a humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested

Example: What do baseball players eat on? Home Plate

Synonym: joke

Antonym: serious

Definition: A phrase that uses the words like or as to describe

Example: He was as small as a mouse.

Synonym: analogy

Antonym: difference

Definition: language that describes something as better or worse than it really is.

Example: Grandpa is older than dirt.

Synonym: overstatement

Antonym: understatement

Definition: a word or phrase used to show or suggest two things are similar. (doesn't use like or as)

Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Synonym: comparision

Antonym: different

Definition: Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman