Literary Flash Cards for The Outsiders-Ch. 7-10

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things that uses 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things that does not use 'like' or 'as'.

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Idiom

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An expression that can't be taken literally and is usually specific to a certain language.

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to things that are not human.

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Alliteration

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Using several words with the same beginning sound in a phrase or sentence

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerating to show strong emotion or images

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Pun

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A form of word play in which words have a double meaning

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Allusion

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an expression designed to call something to mind without meaning it directly; a reference to another movie/story/person/time period

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that "makes" a sound