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10 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words.
ex: Blue Bunny, Kevin Colber ( same sounds but dif. letter still = alliteration.) |
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Allusion
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reference to a statement, person, place, event from literature or history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture.
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Analogy
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Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike in some respects.
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Apostrophe
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NOT the punctuation sign. It is the act of addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present. ex: death, please come & take me!
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Assonance
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repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem. ex: cat, bat, black, tap or sew, slow (dif. vowel but same sound still = assonance)
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Comedy
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in general a story that ends happily and character who averts disaster and has a happy ending.
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Connotation
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all the meanings, associations or emotions that a word suggests.
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Consonance
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a special type of alliteration in which the repeated patter of consonants mark the changes in sound. ex: rider, reader, raider, ruder
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Epistrophe
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opposite of anaphora, b/c it repeats concluding phrase. ex: hopeless, helpless, worthless
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Denotation
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dictionary definition of a word
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