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27 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a word
ex. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” |
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Irony
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the difference between what is said and what is meant, what is said and what is done, what is expected or intended and what happens, what is meant or said and what others understand.
Ex. Saying “nice weather” during a hurricane |
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Sarcasm
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a kind of irony; it is praise which is really an insult
ex. “This is my brilliant son, who failed out of college.” |
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Denotation
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the literal meaning of a word; dictionary meaning
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Connotation
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the emotions, values, or images associated with a word
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Figurative Language
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changes the literal meaning of words, to make a meaning fresh or clearer, to capture a physical or sensory effect, or to extend meaning
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Simile
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a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
ex. “my love is like a red, red, rose” |
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Metaphor
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a comparison of two unlike things, it says that one thing is another
ex. “my love is a red, red rose” |
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Personification
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giving inanimate objects human characteristics
ex. “nature wept” or “the wind whispered many truths to me” |
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Hyperbole
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an extreme exaggeration
ex. “I am so hungry I could eat a horse” |
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Onomatopoeia
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a word whose sounds seem to duplicate the sounds
they describe ex. hiss, bang, boom, meow, eeekkk |
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Oxymoron
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a state with two parts which seem contradictory
ex. “a wise fool” “the sound of silence” “same difference” |
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Idiom
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is a group of words which, when used together, has a
different meaning from the one which the individual words have ex. “cats got your tongue” “eager beaver” “let the cat out of the bag” |
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Style
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manner of expression; how a speaker or writer says what he says
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Symbol
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anything that stands for something else
ex. American Flag standing for freedom |
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Tone
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the writer’s attitude toward the material and/or reader
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Mood
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is the feeling created by a literary work or passage
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Flashback
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a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past
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Foreshadowing
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the author’s use of clues to hint what might happen in
the future |
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Imagery
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words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses (look, sound, feel, taste, and smell)
ex. “There is a thing beneath the stair with slimy face and oily hair” |
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Assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
ex. try to light the fire |
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Tone
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the writer’s attitude toward the material and/or reader
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Mood
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is the feeling created by a literary work or passage
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Flashback
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a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past
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Foreshadowing
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the author’s use of clues to hint what might happen in
the future |
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Imagery
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words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses (look, sound, feel, taste, and smell)
ex. “There is a thing beneath the stair with slimy face and oily hair” |
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Assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
ex. try to light the fire |
