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10 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
figure of speech, comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as" |
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Metaphor |
figure of speech comparing two things w/o "like" or "as" |
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Personification |
figure of speech where nonhuman things are given human-like qualities |
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Onomatopoeia |
a word that imitates the sound it represents |
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Idiom |
a phrase that has a figurative or literal meaning |
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Sybolism |
Using and object or idea as an abstract idea |
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Hyperbole |
an extreme exaggeration |
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Oxymoron |
figure of speech that appears in a conjunction |
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Alliteration |
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words at a sentence |
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Irony |
when something says the opposite of what it really means or intends |
