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15 Cards in this Set
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aghast
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feeling great horror or dismay
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impetuous
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done suddenly without little thought
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stealthy
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artfully sly and secretive
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spectral
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phantom like; ghostly
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somber
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dark and gloomy
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tranquil
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quiet or motionless; peaceful
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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metaphor
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describes one thing as if it were another unlike thing without using like or as
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personification
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when human characteristics are given to an animal, object, or idea (something nonhuman)
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rhyme
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the repetition of sounds at the end of words, like thin and skin
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sensory imagery
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writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)
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simile
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makes a comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like or as
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preposition
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word that relates its object to some other word in the sentence
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prepositional phrase
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group of words that begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun that the preposition relates to another word in the sentence. (when identifying use THE)
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object of the preposition
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the noun following the preposition that the preposition is describing. (when identifying, no THE)
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