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10 Cards in this Set
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Figurative language
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Using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.
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Assonance
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A resemblance of sound in words or syllables
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Cliché
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A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace
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Hyperbole
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Big exaggeration, usually with humor
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Idiom
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The language peculiar to a group of people
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Metaphor
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Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them
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Onomatopoeia
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Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
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Personification
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Giving something human qualities
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Simile
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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
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Alliteration
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The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
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