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10 Cards in this Set
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action which is not literally applicable. When something is something else. |
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Simile |
When one thing is compared to another, including like or as |
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Onomatopoeia |
A word that sounds make, for literary effect. |
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Assonance |
The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme within phrases of sentences |
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Alliteration |
A steam of words used with the same consonants at the beginning. An example of this is Drowsed and Drowned |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Such as, "I'm so hungry i could eat a horse!" |
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Connotation |
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal meaning or primal meaning. Such as 'discipline' has unhappy connotations of punishment and repressions |
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Imagery |
The use of language to represent objects, actions to create a mental picture |
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Repetition |
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written. Such as 'reeled and reeled'. |
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Rhyme |
Correspondence of sounds between words or ending of words, especially in poetry. |
