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8 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Two more words in a sentence that have the same beginning sound. ie: She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
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Idiom
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Phrases that are not literal. ie: Don't shoot the messenger
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Irony
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When you expect one thing to happen and something completely different happens. ie: The Ransom of Red Chief
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration. ie: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
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Metaphor
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comparing two unlike objects without using "like" or "as". ie: It is an oven in here
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Simile
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Comparing two unlike objects using "like" or "as". ie: She is like a rose.
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that sound like the object they are representing. ie: Snakes "hiss".
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Personification
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Giving an inanimate object human characteristics. ie: Calling the computer stupid.
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