LITERARY DEVICE DEFINITIONS

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Rhyming that occurs WITHIN lines of poetry is called...

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Internal rhyme

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When an author/speaker uses repeated VOWEL sounds (a,e,i,o,u) in neighboring words, this is called?

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Assonance

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing (may use the key words 'am, is , are, was, were')

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Metaphor

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What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of something? (sound words)

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Onomatopoeia

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Which term has this definition: 'language that uses words in ways that shift from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect'?

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Figurative Language

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What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of neighboring words?

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Alliteration

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What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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What literary device gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

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What is the term for a play on words that exploits the different possible meanings of a word?

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Pun

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What is the term for a statement that contradicts itself but may reveal a truth?

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Paradox