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12 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition at close intervals of initial consonant sounds
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Allegory
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a narrative or a description having a second meaning beneath the surface one
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Allusion
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a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in literature or history
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Imagery
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the representation through language of sense experience
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Irony
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a situation, or use of language, involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike
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Meter
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the regular pattern of accent that underlie metrical verse; the measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry
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Paradox
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a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements
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Personification
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a figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept
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Satire
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a work that holds up human vices or or folly to ridiculous or scorn, with the purpose of bringing about reform or at least keeping other people from falling into similar vice or folly
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Simile
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a figure of speech in which an explicit comparison, usually using the words like or as, is made between two things essentially unlike
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Symbol
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a figure of speech in which something means more than what it is; it may be read both literally and metaphorically
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