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9 Cards in this Set
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Allusion
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A brief reference to a person, event or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. eg. "To say: 'I am Lazarus, come from the dead,/ Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all" (T.S. Elliot)
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Alliteration
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. eg. "HIGH HARVEST for the autumn's gathering" (Dorothy Livesay)
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Apostrophe
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Directly addressing an absent person, an abstact concept, or an inanimate object as if it were present and able to listen. eg. O Shenandoah, i long to hear you (Walt Whitman)
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Conciet
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A very elaborate compariton between two very dissimilar things. eg. "I find no peace, and all my war is done; I fear and hope/ I burn, and freeze in ice" (Sir Thoman Wyatt)
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Euphon
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A combination of sounds that is pleasing to the ear. eg. "Silver honey dripping from the swarm of bees/ Earth is a waxen cell of world comb" (Jean Toomer)
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Similie
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Compares what is named using the words like or as, as if, as though. eg. "Christmas drew near, like the muzzle of a wolf" (Roch Carrier)
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Metaphor
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A word or phrase meaning one thing but used to describe something else. eg. "I too am a rare pattern" (Amy Lowell)
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Onomatopoeia
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A words whose pronunciation imitates or suggests it's meaning. eg. "The moan of the doves in the immermorial elms,' And murmur of innumerable bees" (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
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Personification
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Giving human characteristics to a non-human entity. eg. "...the valour glittered fiercely" (Rita Joe)
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