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12 Cards in this Set
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Rhetorical Question
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a question asked merely for effect with no expected reply
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Onomatopoeia
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when natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words
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Iambic pentameter
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stanza lines contain ten syllables
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Paradox
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statement that appears contradictory, but has some truth to it
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Apostrophe
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directly addresses an absent or imaginary person
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Personification
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describing concepts, animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions
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Metaphor
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implied comparison of seemingly unlike things
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Hyperbole
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deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
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Allusion
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direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known
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Simile
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explicit comparison using "like" or
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Synecdoche
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denoting a part of something
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
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