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18 Cards in this Set
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simile |
a comparison using like or as |
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personification |
giving human characteristics to non-human things |
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hyperbole |
an exaggeration |
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metaphor |
a comparison of two unlike things (inanimate) |
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oxymoron |
combines 2 completely opposite things into 1 phrase (flaming ice) |
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parallelism |
use of successive verbal construction that corresponds in grammatical structure, sound, meter, or meaning |
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pun |
construction in which an alternate meaning of a word is offered for humour |
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irony |
expressing meaning in a way that would normally signify the opposite |
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anaphora |
(the flying triplet) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of at least 3 successive clauses |
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analogy |
comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
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rhetorical question |
a question in which the listeners knowledge of the answer is presumed |
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alliteration |
poetic repetition of sounds made by repeating the same 1st letter of words |
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epistrophe |
repetition of a word at the end of successive phrases |
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meiosis |
an extreme form of understatement |
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rhyme |
corresponding sounds usually at the end of words or sentences |
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eutrepismus |
ordering of ideas or parts using numbers to clarify the sequence |
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allusion |
fleeting reference to a known event, character, or work of art with assumed significance |
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chaismus |
words, grammatical construction, or concepts repeated in reverse order |
