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16 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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The repetition of the same first sound in a group of words
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peter piper picke
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Allusion
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making an indirect reference to something know to society
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im so hungry i could eat a horse
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Assonance
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The repetition of the same vowel sound in 2 or more closely related words
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fat cat sat on a mat
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Apostrophe
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an address to an absent or imaginary person
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Cacophony
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harsh or unmusical sounding language
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bad words
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Connotation
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an added meaning that suggests something positive or negative what comes to mind
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House- comfy warm home
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consonance
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the repetition of final consonant sounds
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great night
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Denotation
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the actual dictionary definition of a word
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house- a protective structure
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Euphony
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Harmonious sounding language
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good song lyrics like melodies
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Hyperbole
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an extreme exaggeration
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taryn looks like she is 1000 years old
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Imagery
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words that create a picture in our mind descriptive and appeals senses to mind
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the apple pie smelt so yummy
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Metaphor
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a direct comparison
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taryns a bird
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Onomatopoeia
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sound effects
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band clash woosh
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Personification
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Non human things described as if they were human
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the rock is so walking away
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Quatrain
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four line stanza which can be rhymed or un rhymed
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Rhyme
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rpetition of sounds in diffrent vowels especially
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