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10 Cards in this Set
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metaphor |
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable |
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simile |
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared |
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personification |
the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure |
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alliteration |
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
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hyperbole |
obvious and intentional exaggeration |
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symbolism |
the practice of representing things by symbols or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character |
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onomatopoeia |
the formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent |
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imagery |
the formation of mental images , figures, or likeness of things |
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fugurative |
the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor |
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literal |
in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words |
