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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a simile?
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A comparison using like or as, resembles, or than
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What is a metaphor?
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a comparison without like or as
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personification?
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gives human qualities to things that aren't human
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exaggeration?
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(same as hyperbole)
overstating something, usually for purpose of creating a comic effect |
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understatement?
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(opposite of hyperbole)
statement deliberately weakened to sound ironical or polite |
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onomatopoeia?
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uses words to imitate real sounds
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antecedent?
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the word that a pronoun stands for
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alliteration?
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repetition of the same sound at the beginning or 2 or more words next to or near each other
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consonance?
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repetition of consonants in words stressed in the same place (but vowels are different)
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irony
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a difference between what the reader expects and what actually happens;
a difference between what author says and what author means |
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allusion/allusive
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reference to a statement, or a person, place or event from literature, arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, or science or sports
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refrain?
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a repeated sound, word, phrease, line, or group of lines
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interior monologue?
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one talking to himself/herself
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passive voice?
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occurs when you make the object of an action into the subject of a sentence;
(to be + past participle = passsive voice); it's indirect and inactive |
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assonance?
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repetition of similar vowel sounds preceded and followed by different consonants
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rhyme?
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the use of syllable that sound alike to form a pattern, usually at the ends of lines of poetry.
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omniscient?
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the narrator is all knowing of all the characters feeling and thoughts
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limited omniscient
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the narrator knows everything about only ONE person
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first person
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the main character is the narrorator and does not know the thoughts and feelings of other characters besides himself
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third person?
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the narrator is looking for the outside/the third party of the story/character
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