Figurative Language and Devices
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English
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11th Grade
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1.
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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using 'like', 'as', 'than', or 'resembles'.
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metaphor
2.
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A statement that contradicts itself yet is true.
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paradox
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Reference to someone or something known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or culture.
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allusion
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A figure of speech addressing an absent or imaginary person or abstraction.
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apostrophe
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Commas used without conjunctions to separate a series of words, emphasizing parts equally and speeding up prose.
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asyndeton
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Type of parallel structure with contrasting ideas or images
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antithesis
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Central message or idea in a text
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theme
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