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74 Cards in this Set
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Figurative Language
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A word or pharse that departs from everyday literal language
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Examples of figurative language
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Metaphor,Smile,Personification
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Figures of speech
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A change from the ordinary manner of expression, using words in other than their literal sense to enhance the way a thought is expressed.
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Examples of Figures of Speech
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,Metaphor, Simile, Personification, etc..
Simile,Uses "like" or "as" |
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Simile
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Simile,Uses "like" or "as"
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Examples of simile
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I am the bomb like tick tick hahaha
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Metaphor
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Metaphor,Compares two unlike things.
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Example of a methpor
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i was the bomb, tick tick hahaha
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Analogies
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Analogies,Comparison between two pairs that have the same relationships
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Examples of a anaolgy
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Analogies,Cat:Dog::Night:Day
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Imagery
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youes words to describes pictures and setting
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Examples of imagery
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the sun was boiling hot
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Onomatopeia
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use sounds to describe things
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Exampes of onomatopeia
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boom,clack,beep
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Personifaction
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use real life things to compare them with unreal things
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Examples of personifaction
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the sun layed a blanket of heat on me
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Hyperbole
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over exgastertion
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Example of hyperbole
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I waited 10bilion years for u
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Idioms
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phares that dont really mean what they say
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Examples of idioms
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Break a leg, you let the cat out of the bag
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symbolism
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One thing represents somthing else
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Examples of symblosim
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= is equal
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Forshadowing
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use hints or clues to tell somthing
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Example of forshadowing
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Beating around the bush
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Tone
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The auther attitude towards material and reader
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Examples of Tone
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the person have been angry
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Point of view
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the perspactive of which the story is told
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Examples of point of view
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first person second person third person
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Flashback
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where the story takes you back in time
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Examples of flashback
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the story took me back to the year 1995
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Mood
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emotial towards the author subject
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Examples of mood
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Looking at the box makes me scared just a bit
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allusion
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somthing that makes a myth or illusion
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Examples of a allsuion
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the guy behind the curtian looked like a ghost
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Irony
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somthing bad that happens
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Examples of Irony
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someone killed the doctor
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Dialogue
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the coverstain between charcters
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Examples of Dialouge
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Thats a whole lotta gold he said
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Paradox
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a statement in whick to parts seem contardy but yet make sense
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Examples of paradox
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They have ears but hear not
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bandwagon
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where everyone buying it so you must buy it
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Examples of bandwagon
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everyone buying the new cell phone dont be the last to buy it
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Glittering Generalities
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emotional appeling words
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example of glittering generalities
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Kids and teens under 15, read this very carefully. There is something for you to do further down.
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Citing Statistics
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when you use numbers
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Examples of Citing Statiscs
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99.9%of doctors say people with out a shoes feet are crusty
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Citing Authority
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Improve
Citing Authority is to quote or mention a professional or excerpt as proof or support of |
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Example of citing Authority
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About 5 years ago I published a collection of over 1,125 selected quotations on Propaganda, Persuasion and Deception. It's available as a free PDF download at several places on the web
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Testimonial
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where famous or smart people use techniques to nget us to buy somthing
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Examples of testimonial
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Tiger woods says buy his new deorrinate you won't get caught cheating as easily
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apeals to reason,emotion
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when yo make people feel bad so the help
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Examples of apeals to reason,emotion
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the dog was with micheal vick and he needs help stop dog fighting
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Protagnist
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the good guy in the story
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Examples of protagonist
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dog humiane society shut down micheal vick
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Antagonist
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the bad guy in the story
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Examples of antagonist
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micheal vick was a dog fighter
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Round
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we know alot about him
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Examples of round
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spongebob
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Flat
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we dont know alot about them
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Examples of flat
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Robin from batman
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Dynamic
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where they cnage in a story
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Examples of Dynamic
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spiderman
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Static
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they do not change
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Examples of static
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spongebob
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Expostition
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where you find the setting and charcters the begining of the story
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Examples of expostition
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destiny and trent went on a walk one sunny afternoon
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Rising action
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where the story heats up
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Examples of rising action
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we saw a fox come up to us
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climax
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where your at the top of the peak
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Examples of climax
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the wolf had ate us
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Falling action
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where the story winds down
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Examples of fallinng action
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the gandma tred to get us out
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reslotion
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the end of the story
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Examples of resolotion
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we were safe ate home eating
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