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9 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words:
watching and waiting by the wharf five frisky foals frolicked in the leaves of fall silently sailing through serene seas Please pass the purple plums, Pam. |
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Allusion
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A reference to something in history or previous literature:
“Miniver Cheevy” by Edwin Arlington Robinson: “Miniver loved the Medici,” “He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,” |
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Analogy
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A comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain or illuminate the unfamiliar, often more extensive in length than a simile or metaphor:
The Mississippi River in Huck Finn, the highways in All the King's Men, etc. Often in English classes you will see analogy problems on tests; they look like this: Hand is to Glove as Foot is to Shoe |
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Dialect
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Distinctive words and/or speech patterns used by definable groups of people from a particular geographic region, economic group, or social class:
“The Muffler and the Law” by David Lee: “I run over this rockslide on the cutoff by Cove Fort I busted my muffler pipe loost and all the brackets I had to stop on the summit and fix it all up with bailin’ wire it took an hour almost and I was late for the auction so I had to go” |
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Epiphany
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When a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself, herself, or the world around him/her:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitgerald: When Gatsby is lying on his back in the pool, he realizes the world is not as beautiful as he always believed it to be. |
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Flashback
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The present action is temporarily interrupted so the reader can witness past events. Flashback techniques include memories, dreams, stories of the past told by characters, etc:
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner “When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral.[…] Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care.” (The story of Miss Emily as the town’s obligation begins here.) |
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Foreshadow
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The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story:
“Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs When the antagonist incorrectly assumes that Jane is Tarzan’s girlfriend, he foreshadows or suggests what is to come. |
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Hyperbole
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A great exaggeration used to emphasize a point:
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. She nearly died laughing. My backpack weighs a ton. I’ve worked this math problem a million times and can’t get the right answer. |
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Idiom
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An expression where the meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words:
The toddler moved at a snail’s pace. The math homework from yesterday was a piece of cake. The team got fired up by the pep rally. My best friend is a real couch potato. |
