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12 Cards in this Set
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CONNATIONt
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he meaning associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression; how a reader feels about a word.
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DENOTATION
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the specific association that a word or expression usually elicits; the dictionary definition.
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SIMILE
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a comparison of 2 things indicated by some connective: like, as, resembles; expresses similarity.
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METAPHOR
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a statement that one thing is something else, which in a literal sense it is not; omit the connective from a simile and use the verb “to be;” not limited in the number of resemblances it may indicate.
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IMPLIED METAPHO
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a metaphor that uses neither a connective nor the verb “to be.”
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IMPLIED METAPHOR
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a metaphor that uses neither a connective nor the verb “to be.”
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PERSONIFICATION
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a figure of speech in which a thing, animal, or an abstract term is made human.
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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the pronunciation of some words may suggest their meaning such as hiss, buzz, and sizzle.
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ALLITERATION
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a figure of speech in which the initial consonant sound is repeated.
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APOSTROPHE
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a way of addressing someone or something invisible or not ordinarily spoken to; means of giving life to the inanimate.
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PARADOX
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occurs in a statement that, at first, strikes readers as self-contradictory, but on reflection makes some sense.
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PUN
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a play on words; reminds readers of another word (or words) of similar or identical sound but of very different denotation
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