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18 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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To compare two unlike things using like or as
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Metaphor
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To compare two unlike things not using like or as
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Rhyme
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The repetition of sounds at the end of the word
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Repetition
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The repeating of worth the same first letter
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Personification
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Giving humanlike qualities to non human things
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Alliteration
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Repetition of consonants
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Symbolism
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Something that symbolizes something else
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Sensory language
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Taste, sight, smell, hear, touch
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Foreshadowing
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Hinting on something later in the book
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that sound like what they mean
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Man versus self
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Problem inside the character
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Man versus man
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Character versus another character
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Man versus nature
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Character in a conflict with something in nature
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Man versus society
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Character versus his or her own peers
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Man versus fate
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Character versus his or her own fate
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Verbal irony
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Irony which a person says or writes something that means another thing
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Situational irony
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The irony in which something happens that was not intended
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Dramatic irony
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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
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