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the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. “Ripe, red raspberries” is an example. The “r” sound is repeated three times.
a. imagery b. assonance c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia |
Alliteration
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also called vowel rhyme. The same vowel sounds are repeated with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, such as fake and late. Both have the same vowel sound, but different consonant sounds.
a. imagery b. assonance c. Alliteration d. Metaphor |
Assonance
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writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.
a. Figurative Language b. assonance c. Alliteration d. Metaphor |
Figurative Language
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a verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a certain effect. (For example, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, etc.)
a. mood b. Metaphor c. Alliteration d. Figure of Speech |
Figure of Speech
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refers to the words or phrases which bring forth a certain picture or image in the mind of the reader. These images can be anything that calls forth a sensory experience – whether figurative or literal.
a. imagery b. assonance c. Alliteration d. Metaphor |
Imagery
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a comparison of two things that aren’t alike that does not use any words of comparison (like or as). For example, “The moon is a big piece of mozzarella cheese,” would be a metaphor.
a. Metaphor b. assonance c. Alliteration d. Metaphor |
Metaphor
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the feeling a piece of literature provokes in the reader – happy, sad, peaceful, etc.
a. imagery b. Onomatopoeia c. Alliteration d. Mood |
Mood
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a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. Examples of such words are buzz, zing, clippety-clop, and tick-tock.
a. imagery b. assonance c. Onomatopoeia d. Figurative Language |
Onomatopoeia
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when an author gives something that isn’t human a human characteristic (an object, animal, idea).
a. Personification b. assonance c. Alliteration d. Metaphor |
Personification
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when two or more words end with the same or similar sounds.
a. imagery b. rhyme c. personification d. Metaphor |
Rhyme
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