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19 Cards in this Set
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Allusion |
A reference to a person, place, thing, or event that the narrator thinks the reader might be familiar with. |
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Analogy |
A comparison of two things showing how they are alike. |
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Anecdote |
A brief story used to illustrate or make a point. |
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Exaggeration |
An overstatement. |
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Flashback |
When the writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier event. |
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Hyperbole |
And extreme exaggeration or overstatement. |
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Idiom |
Words used in a special way that may be different from their actual meaning. |
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Irony |
A technique that uses a word or a phrase to mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning. |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that compares two things without using the words like or as. |
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Oxymoron |
A technique in which two words with opposite meanings are put together for a special effect. |
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Paradox |
A statement that is true even though it seems to be saying two opposite meanings. |
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Parallelism |
Repeating similar grammatical structures. |
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Pun |
A phrase that uses two words in a way that gives them a funny effect. |
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Sarcasm |
The use of a phrase to put down somebody. That phrase is not sincere. |
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Sensory Details |
Specific details that are usually perceived through the senses. |
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Simile |
A figure of speech that compares two things using the words like or as. |
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Slang |
Informal words or phrases used by particular groups when they talk to each other. |
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Symbol |
A concrete or real object used to represent something. |
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Understatement |
The opposite of exaggeration. |
