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13 Cards in this Set
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To feel or express sorrow
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Lament
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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared
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Simile
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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable
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Metaphor
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a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
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Allegory
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group with the same consonant sound
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Alliteration
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a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
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Apostrophe
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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Hyperbole
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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects
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Personification
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the attribution of human form or behaviour to a deity
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Anthropomorphism
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ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity
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Anthropopathism
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a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel
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Shavuot
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the acquisition of money or advantage by dishonest or unfair means, through the abuse of one's influence in politics
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Grafted
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when a relative pays a debt that one is unable to pay
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Kinsman-redeemer
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