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23 Cards in this Set
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Allusion |
A reference to a well known person, place, thing, or event that the writer assumes you know |
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Analogy |
A comparison of similar objects. Analogy suggests, if objects are similar in some ways, they are similar in other ways |
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Anecdote |
A brief story used to illustrate or make a point. |
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Exaggeration |
An over statement or stretching the truth to emphasize a point. (Like hyperbole) |
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Flashback |
A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier event |
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Hyperbole |
Extreme exaggeration or overstatement that the writer uses for emphasis |
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Idiom |
words used in a special way that may be different from its literal meaning |
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Irony |
A technique that uses a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that compares two things without like or as. |
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Oxymoron |
A technique in which two words with opposite meanings are put together to make a special effect |
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Paradox |
A statement that is true but seems to be saying two opposite things |
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Parallelism |
Repeating similar grammatical |
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Pun |
A phrase that uses words to give them a funny effect. sometimes words have two meanings |
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Sarcasm |
The praise to make fun of or “put down” someone or something. The praise is not sincere and is intended to mean the opposite thing |
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Slang |
Informal words or phrases used by a certain group of people when they talk to each other. |
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Symbol |
A concrete or real object that represents an idea. |
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Under statement |
The opposite of exaggeration |
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Sensory details |
Specific details using senses |
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Challenge: Antithesis |
Meanes exact opposite |
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Challenge: Conoqualisim |
a common word or phrase |
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Challenge: Juxtaposition |
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Synecdoche |
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