Untitled Flashcards

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phrase where the words don't actually mean they normally do.

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Idiom

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extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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giving human characteristics to non-human things

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Personification

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comparing two unlike things with like or as

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Simile

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comparing two unlike things without like or as, sometimes a linking verb

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metaphor

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repetition of beginning consonant sounds

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allliteration

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sound word

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onomatopeia

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word or phrase appears more than once

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repetition

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words or phrases that appeal to the senses

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Imagery

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reference or hint to someone or something well-known

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Allusion