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10 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds. Used to create mood, underscore meaning, and enhance rhythm- like a tongue twister! |
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Allusion |
A reference to a historical or literary person, place, thing, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar. Often comes across in a simile or metaphor! |
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Assonance |
The repetition of a vowel sound. |
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Consonance |
The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words.. |
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Hyperbole |
A figure of speech where the Truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. |
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Metaphor |
A form of figurative language that uses a comparison of two unlike things to point out a shared trait or characteristic. DOES NOT use the words like or as! The comparison is often suggested rather than directly expressed ( when direct, "to be" verbs:" is, was, are" are used). |
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Onamotapia |
The word onomatopoeia literally means name making. It is the proses of creating or using words that imitate sounds. |
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Personification |
Give an object, animal, or idea human qualities. |
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Simile |
A comparison between two thing using the words like or as. |
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Imagery |
Words or phrases that create vivid sensory details that put images in the readers head. |
