The Infamous CHIZ

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Team Playa's

Zac "The Smarticle"

Joey "The Stud-Muffin" ( The awesomest!!!)

Caleb "The Duct Taped Hillbilly"

Elizabeth A.K.A. Mrs. Williams



Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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74	"Now Juana, back in her hidden place, heard the pad of the horse's hooves..."	It uses the consonant sound "h".
1	"The stars still shone..."	It uses the consanant sound "s" three times in a row.
18	" Kino saw a ghostly gleam..."	It uses the consonant sound "g" twice in a row.
17	"...the song was the green-gray water..."	It uses the consonant sound "g" twice in a row.

Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."

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43	"He would give it as a gift to the Holy Father in Rome."	The author makes a reference to the Pope of the Catholic Church.
46	"...Each man and women is like a soldier sent by God to guard some part of the castle of the Universe."	It compares things to soldiers sent by God.
83	"Go with God."	It refers to God.

Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds.
Example: "The cat sat on the mat."

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46	"I know, said Kino."	I know and Kino ryhme because it repeats the "o" vowel.
27	"...Coyotito's head, where he hung on Juana's hip. Some day, his mind said..."	It repeats the "ed" sound

Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration.
Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"

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33	"He nearly shook his hindquaters loose."	The dog was not actually going to shake its rear end off.
1	"And the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood."	Ceaseless means endless and that would be impossible.

Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses.
Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."

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47	"He had placed a flower in a vase on his desk, a single scarlet hibiscus, and the vase sat beside the black velvet-lined pearl tray in front of him."	The setting of the pearl-buyer's office is clearly described by powerful words like "hibiscus," "velvet-lined," etc.
3	"The dawn came quickly now, a wish, a glow, a lightness, and then an explosion of fire as the sun arose out of the gulf."	The details in this statement paint a picture in your mind. Words like explosion, glow, and fire add to the effect.
90	"A crab scampering over the bottom raised a little cloud of sand, and when it settled the pearl was gone."	The elaboration in the sentence brings out the words and puts the images into your head.
78	"High in the gray stone mountains, under a frowning peak, a little spring bubbled out of a rupture in the stone."

Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other.
Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."

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87	"His strength and his movement and his speed were a machine."	The author compares Kino's traits to a machine without like or as.
67	"'This pearl has become my soul,' Kino said, 'If I give it up I shall lose my soul.'"	The author is comparing Kino's soul to the pearl without like or as.
1	"Her dark eyes made little reflected stars."	The author is comparing her eyes to stars without like or as.
16	"But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God..."	The author is comparing her finding pearls to a pat on the back by God without like or as

Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Example: "The bees buzzed."

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13	"Fiddler crabs bubbled and spluttered..."	Spluttered is a sound.
72	"... and big flies buzzed around her head.	Buzzed is a sound.
1	"... a covey of little birds chittered..."	chittered is a sound.

Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things.
Example: "Her stomach growled."

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37	"But Kino's brain burned, even in his sleep..."	A brain cannot actually burn itself.
90	"The waving algae called to it and beckoned to it."	Algae cannot literally call to another object.
4	"...the dark poisonous air was gone and the yellow sunlight fell on the house."	Sunlight cannot really fall.
2	"Behind him Juana's fire leaped into flame and threw spears of light..."	Fire cannot leap or throw spears at will.
43	"A vision hung in the air to the north of the city."	A vision can't actually hang.
82	"The darkness fell, deep and black in the mountain cleft."	Darkness cannot fall.

Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as."
Example: "She floated in like a cloud."

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37	"Coyotito was reading from a book as large as a house, with letters as big as dogs."	In his Kino's vision he compares the book he sees to a house with "as."
29	"...the song of the family came from behind him like the purring of a kitten."	The family song is compared to a purr with the word "like."
58	"And then like a shadow she glided towards the door."	Juana is compared to a shadow with the word like.
21	"A town is like a colonial animal."	La Paz is compared to an animal with "like."
86	"His legs were as tight as wound springs."	His legs are being compared to wound springs using as.
56	"And then her lips drew back from her teeth like a cat's lips."	Her lips are being compared to a cat's lips using like.

Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract.
Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."

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2	"His people have once been great makers of songs so that everything they saw or thought or did or heard became a song."	All the songs represent something in their lives. For example, the pearl song, the enemy song, and the family song.

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