English Ii Defs.

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repetition of initial consonant sounds often used to emphasize and to link words as well as to create musical sounds

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alliteration

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figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality object, or idea. often used to add emotional intensity

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apostrophe

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a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement used to heighten seriousness or for comic effect

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hyperbole

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descriptive language used in literature to re-create sensory experiences. can enrich writing by making it more vivid, by setting a tone, by suggesting emotions, and by guiding a reader's reactions

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Imagery

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General name given to literary techniquest aht involve surprising, intersecting, or amusing contraditions

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irony

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figure of speech in which 1 thing is spoken of as though it were something else. through this, a comparison is suggested or implied

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metaphor

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the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. may be suggested by writer's choice of words, events in the work, or physical setting

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mood

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figure of speech that fuses 2 contradictions or opposing ideas

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oxymoron

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statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents the truth. draws in reader's attention about what is going to be said, since it is surprising or shocking

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paradox

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a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personification

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repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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rhyme

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time and place of the action provides a backdrop for the action

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setting

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compares 2 dissimilar things by using a key word (like/as)

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simile

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anything that stands for or represents something else

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symbol

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writer's attitude toward the readers and toward the subject

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tone