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20 Cards in this Set
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Euphemism
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an substitution for a deragatory
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"departed" for dead
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Extended Metaphor
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an metaphor that extends through out the writing
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Figures of Speech
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speech used beside from its actual meaning
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Foreshadowing
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a literary device used to give a hint on what will happen in the future
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Hyperbole
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a literary device of extreme exaggerations
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This book weighs a ton
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Imagery
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The use of words to represent objects
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Irony (3 types)
Verbal Irony |
-the use of words to express something different
- a figure of speech that is said |
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Situation Irony
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a situation where the actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended
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Dramatic irony
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the irony in which effects of a situation or understood by the audience but not the character
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Malapropism
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the misuse of words because of sound esp.when creating a ridiculous .
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"I am not under the affluence of alcohol"
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Metaphor
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a comparison with out using "like or"as"
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This store is a dump
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Mood
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the overall feeling at a time
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Motivation
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a reason to act
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Narration
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a story told
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Onomatopoeia
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the word that imitates sound
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Oxymoron
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a phrase that consists contradicting terms
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Paradox
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a contradictory statement which contains some truth
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Parallelism
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using the same syntactic constructions to make clauses and phrases
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Periphrasis
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a round about expression ,circumlocution
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Personification
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giving objects human live characteristics
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