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19 Cards in this Set
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giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
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personification
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stating something in such a way that the exact opposite is implied
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irony
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extreme exaggeration to create effect
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hyperbole
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speaking directly to an absent person or a lifeless object as if it could reply
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apostrophe
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understatement by substitutions a softer or more, pleasant term for a shocking or unpleasant one
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euphemism
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a comparison using like or as
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simile
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a direct comparison without the use of like or as
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metaphor
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substituting a term associated with another for the original term
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metonymy
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using contrasting expressions balanced against each other
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antithesis
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a symbol is something that represents something else
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symbolism
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an expression contradictory in meaning yet readily understood such as "awfully good" or "important trivia"
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oxymoron
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is the use of words whose sound suggests the meaning (words that imitate sounds). "The sea was moaning and sighing and saying, "Hush."
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onomatopoeia
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generalization about a human experience, e.g, don't bite off more than you can chew
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proverbs
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using similar words to the intended ones, but using it the wrong way
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malapropism
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sound effects with the repeating of the same syllable, e.g., lulu, baabaa
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tautonymic expressions
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repetition of same consonant sound at the beginning of several words or accented syllables. "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free."
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alliteration
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repetition of same vowel sound in a series of syllables. "Birds and a white light." "In the back of my mind to guide me."
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assonance
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repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words although vowels preceeding them differ. e.g., strokes and luck, have "k" sound.
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consonance
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some words may be thought of as small poems within themselves since they have inner rhyme.
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inner rhyme
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