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15 Cards in this Set
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Allusion
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– a reference to some famous person place or thing in history or fiction
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Alliteration
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– repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words
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Assonance
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– repetition of vowel sounds
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Simile
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– a comparison of two dissimilar objects by using a connector : like, as, than
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Metaphor
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– saying that one things is literally what it is not using a form of the word “to be” : is, are, was, were
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Euphony
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– harmonious effect produced when word and meanings connect in a pleasing manner
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Implied metaphor
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– to talk about one thing as if it were something else but with out a connector
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Cacophony
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– Harsh discordant produced when words convey negativity
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Oxymoron
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– rhetorical antithesis pairing words with opposite meanings and or suggestions
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Irony
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– meaning masked beneath the surface of language
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Apostrophe
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– way of addressing someone or something not ordinarily spoken to
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Personification
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– figure of speech in which a thing or term is made human
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Paradox
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– seemingly self contradictory statement that points to great truth
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Connotation
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– any specialized meaning taken on from culture
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Extended metaphor
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– metaphor is already established but the poet continues to use it through out the poem
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