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16 Cards in this Set
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Figurative language
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A description that compares two unlike things using a simile Metaphor personification hyperbole or onomatopoeia
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Alliteration
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Same beginning sound used two or more times in a row
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration for effect
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that mimic the sound that they represent
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Simile
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Compares two unlike objects using the words like or as
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Metaphor
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Compares two unlike objects NOT using the words like or as
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Flash back
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When the author inserts an earlier event to the story
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Foreshadow
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When the author gives a hint of things to come
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Mood
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The feeling the author creates for the reader
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Tone
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The actual words the author uses to create the mood
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Rhyme
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Same sound at the end of a line
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Personification
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To give human like qualities to something that is not human
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Idiom
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An expression that means something different from what it says
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Myth
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Hero, gods goddess ,magical powers
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Historical fiction
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Has a historical period , based on history , does not have to be true
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Folk tail
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Animals who act like people ,short tail,always have a theme
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