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13 Cards in this Set
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Irony
"won th lottery and died the next day" |
A figure of speech in which what is stated is opposite of what is meant
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Symbol
"DOVE: PEACE |
a figure of speech i which a object person or situation has larger meaning
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Refrain
"UNITED A BETTER PLACE THIS WORLD WOULD BE!" |
A repeated word or phrase. Line is used for rythm and emphasis
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Allusion
I hugged king konghe hugged me back |
a referense to something which the reader is likely to be famliar, such as a person, place or event in history or literature
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Alliteration
lily ate her loli's, Licking and licking yummm |
therepetition of sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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Onomotopeia
the bee buzzzzed in my ear |
the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sound
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Idiom
Break a leg! hope you do well in your play! |
an expression that cannot be understood from the meaning of its seperate words but most be learned as a whole
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Imagery
the daisy creamy white with a middle as yellow as the sun. |
images that can be seen or are imagined.
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Simile
the ice was as smooth as marble |
two unlike things using words "like" "as" or "then"
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metaphor
The baby was a peanut |
is a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
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hypebole
the tower was so tall it touches the moon |
extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point
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personification
the sun stretched its warmth across the land |
giving human characteristics to an object
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