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12 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants and vowels at the beginning of each word in a series
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Allusion
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A reference to another work in literature or to someone or something that is known from history
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Assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds in words close to each other
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Consonance
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Repetition of final consonant sounds in words close to each other
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Simile
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a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using "like", "as", "than"
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Metaphor
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a direct comparison of two unlike objects by identification or subsitution; a comparison that is suggested or implied
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Personification
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to give human or personal qualities to inanimate things or ideas. Using a noun as a person or persons.(eg. the cloud held the mountain on its shoulders)
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words which sound like what they mean
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Oxymoron
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a combination of contradictory words
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symbolism
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the use of one object to suggest another hidden object or idea
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imagery
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creating a visual picture with words
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anthropomorphism
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assigning human qualities, particularly emotions or thoughts, to non-human creatures (eg. the sea raged; the penguin asking if this fish makes it look fat)
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