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14 Cards in this Set
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exageration
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an overstatement or stretching of the truth
"I thought my dog was going to bite off my leg" |
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internal rhyme
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rhyming of words within one line of poetry
"jack Sprat could eat no fat" |
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idiom
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a phrase or expression that means something different from what the word actually says
"Now that is a horse of a differnet color" |
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alliteration
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the repeating of beginning consonant sounds as in "creamy and crucnchy"
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metaphor
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compares two differnt things without using like or as, ex: That substitute teacher was a real ringmaster.
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end rhyme
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the rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines of poetry. Ex: SHe always had to turn a light on beside her attic bed at night.
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simile
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compares two differnt things using either as or like. EX: Everywhere giant finned cars nosed forward like fish
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personification
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a form of figurative language in which an idea, object, or animal is given the characteristics of a person. Ex the music sobbed or the rock refused to move.
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assonance
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the repitition of vowel sounds within words. EX Til the shining sythes went far and wide and cut it down to dry
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onamatopoeia
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use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning. EX buzz, swish
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hyperbole
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an extreme exaggeration or overstatement that a writer used for emphasis. EX: My dad had a cow when he saw my grades.
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sensory detail
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language or detail which come ot us through the senses and help the reader see, feel, smell, taste and hear the subject. EX: Mr. Brown does not only lool like a drill sargent, he talks like one too.
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consonance
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the repetition of consonant sounds. EX: The sailor sings of ropes and things in ships upon the seas.
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repetition
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the repeating of a word or phrase to add rhyme or to emphasize an idea EX: While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as if someone gently rapping, apping at my chamber door.
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