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15 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
A comparison using like or as |
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Metaphor |
A comparison not using like or as |
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Personification |
Giving an inanimate object human-like features
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Imagery |
Visually descriptive
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Oxymoron |
A figure of speech which contradicts itself
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Onomatopoeia |
A word that relates to a sound |
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Alliteration |
Occurrence of the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words
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Consonance |
The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity |
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Assonance |
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible |
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Hyperbole |
An extreme exaggeration
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Vignette |
A brief description |
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Tone |
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. |
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Mood |
Inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind.
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Epigraph |
an inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
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Voice |
Express (something) in words |
