The document provides definitions and examples for several literary and linguistic terms: 1. It defines similes, which compare two unlike things using "like" or "as" to help readers visualize concepts. Examples compare teeth to wrecked cars and eyes to pancakes. 2. Hover is defined as to float or hang suspended over something, with examples from Independence Day and a daughter chatting online. 3. Laggard is defined as a slow or falling behind person or thing, with examples from a worker and tour group stragglers. 4. Collaborate means to work together, with an example of students collaborating on a history project.

1. Recognize this?

2. simile
Compares two unlike things using “like”
or “as”
Compares the unknown to the known so
the reader can imagine the image or
concept in their mind

3. “His teeth were crooked like
a pile of wrecked cars.”
=

4. “... her eyes were as big as
pancakes!”
=

5. “... chest beating like a
drum.”
=

6. “... having to wait like a
trained dog.”
=

7. Definition: (v) to float or hang suspended over; to
move back and forth over or around
Syn: linger, float, loom (over)
Ant: soar
In the movie, “Independence Day,” alien ships hovered
over major cities around the world, waiting to strike.
The woman hovered over her daughter’s shoulder
whenever she chatted on the internet with anyone.

8. hover
When you say the spell “Windgardium
Leviosa”, the light white feather hovers in the

9. Definition: (n) a person who moves slowly or falls behind
(a) Falling behind; slow to move or act
(describing a person or thing)
Syn: (n) slowpoke, straggler, (a) sluggish, lazy
Ant: (n) early bird (a) swift, speedy
“The laggard worker caused the entire project to fall behind
schedule.” (adj.)
“Tour guides often have to urge laggards to keep up with the rest of the
group.” (noun)

10. laggard adj.
While trying to save Woody, Potato Head
is being very laggard and he is falling
behind.

11. laggard
In the story “The Hare & the
Tortoise”, the Tortoise was the
main laggard.

12. collaborate
(verb)
In this photograph, everyone is
collaborating and made a circle with their
arms.

13. Definition: to work together
Syn: (team up, join forces)
Ant: work alone
“Several students plan to collaborate on a History Fair project
about the American Revolution.”

14. Imagery
Imagery is descriptive
language that appeals to
one of the senses,creates
images in the mind of a
reader.
14

15. Imagery
• visual
• “I peeled the orange that was so bright
against the gray of December that,
from a distance someone might have
thought I was making fire in my
hands.
15

16. Auditory
Imagery
“...the tiny bell bring
the saleslady down the
aisle.”
16

17. Imagery
smell, taste, & touch
“... the rain,cold, pelted me like
tiny frozen daggers.” (touch)
17

18. Internal Conflict
Inner conflict occurs when one is
confronted with a problem that presents
difficult choices. One must make a
decision one way or another. Think about
the events in your life and try to recall a
time when you experienced an inner
conflict
“ Do you have any idea how
long she’s been after me to
dign those papers?!?” I shook
my head no, tears rolling down
my face.
18

19. External conflict
19

20. Proper Adjectives
20