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12 Cards in this Set
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idioms
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an expression that does not mean the same as the literal meaning.
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imagery
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Phrases the appeal to a persons senses.
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oxymoron
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A phrase where opposites are combined.
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Irony
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the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning
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simile
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Comparison using the words "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
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Cmparison NOT using "like or as"
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Personification
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Human like traints given to inanimate objects
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Hyperbole
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an extreme exageration
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Alliteration
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the repition of the same sound
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Onomatopeia
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Using words to imitate sounds
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Foreshwdowing
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a hint of something that will come
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Paradox
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a Phrase that controdicts itself
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