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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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ALLITERATION
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REPETITION OF A CONSONANT SOUND
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ANECDOTES
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PERSONAL STORIES TO BACK UP AN ARGUMENT
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FACTS
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100% TRUTHS
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OPINIONS
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EXPRESSING A POINT OF VIEW
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RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
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QUESTION THAT YOU DO NOT EXPECT ANSWERS TO
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EXAMPLES
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GIVING MORE INFORMATION
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EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
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LANGUAGE THAT CREATES AN EMOTION
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STATISTICS
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NUMBERS THAT BACK UP INFORMATION
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POWER OF THREE
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THREE WORDS THAT BUILD UPON EACH OTHER
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SIMILE
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EXPRESSION THAT INDICATES A RESEMBLANCE TO A THING
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METAPHOR
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EXPRESSION THAT COMPARES ONE THING TO ANOTHER BY SAYING IT IS THAT THING
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PERSONIFICATION
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GIVING NON-HUMAN THINGS HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS
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REPETITION
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REPEATING THE SAME WORD OR PHRASE IN A SENTENCE
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PUN
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A PLAY ON WORDS
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HYPERBOLE
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EXAGGERATION
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ASSONANCE
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REPETITION OF A VOWEL SOUND
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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A WORD WHICH IMITATES THE SOUND OF THE WORD IT IS DESCRIBING
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VERBS
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ACTIONS
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ADJECTIVES
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DESCRIPTIVE
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NOUNS
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PERSON, PLACE, OBJECT
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ADVERBS
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WHEN, WHERE, WHY, CONDITIONS
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