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13 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
Comparison of two words using like or as |
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Homeric simile |
Comparison of two events |
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Metaphor |
Direct comparison of two things |
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Personification |
Giving human attributes to creatures unhuman |
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Hyperbole |
Dramatic exaggeration (ex/ so hungry I could eat a horse) |
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Onimatopoeia |
Word sounding like what it is (splat) |
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Alliteration |
Occurance of same sound at beginning of a word |
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Assonance |
Repetition of a vowel or letter |
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Paradox |
Statement contradicting itself |
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Oxymoron |
Statement where contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
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Situational irony |
Incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what happens instead |
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Dramatic irony |
Irony that is inherent in a speech or situation of a drama understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play |
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Little prince |
Author: Antoine Setting: Sahara desert Main ideas.. Characters: rose, pilot, planet people, little prince |
