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14 Cards in this Set
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simile |
comparingof 2 unlike things using "like" or "as" |
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metaphor |
comparing of 2 unlike things without using like or as |
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personification |
giving non human things human traits |
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analogy |
and extended comparison |
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onomatopoeia |
words that represent sounds |
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imagery |
creating of visual images |
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foreshadowing |
hints about what will happen |
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idiom |
expression used by a group of people that is not literal |
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oxymonoron |
contrading words like jumbo shrimp little bigger |
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hyperbole |
exaggeration |
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flashback |
in a story events are givin out of time order |
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symbolism |
using something to represent something else |
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irony |
what happens is opposite of what you expect |
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suspence |
intense feeling of what's going to happen next |
