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15 Cards in this Set
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Metaphor
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comparison without using like for as
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Simile
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comparison using like or as
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Synecdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or the whole is made to represent a part
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Metonymy
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the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjnct for that of the thing meant
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Irony
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a discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident meaning of words or actions
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Verbal Irony
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occurs when a person says one thing but means the opposite (sarcasm)
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Situational Irony
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when an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of characters, the reader, or the audience
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Dramatic Irony
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the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
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Anaphora
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repetition
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Alliteration
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the occurence of the same letter at the beginning of agjacent or closely connected words
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Consonance
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the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity
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Assonance
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the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyiming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
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Oxymoron
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contracdictory terms appear in conjunction
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Antithesis
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an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by arallelism of words that are opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins"
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Pun
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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
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