Author's Craft Flashcards

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Which literary term is defined as: 'Compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”'?

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Simile

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Which literary term is defined as: 'Compares two things by saying one thing is another thing, even though they are not the same.'?

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Metaphor

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Which literary term is defined as: 'A big exaggeration that cannot be true.'?

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Hyperbole

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Which literary term is defined as: 'Gives human actions, feelings, or traits to things that are not human.'?

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Personification

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Which literary term is defined as: 'A short reference to a real or famous person, place, event, or work of literature.'?

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Allusion

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Which literary term is defined as: 'The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words.'?

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Alliteration

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Which literary term is defined as: 'The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby stressed syllables or words.'?

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Assonance

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Which literary term is defined as: 'The writer’s attitude toward the subject or the readers.'?

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Tone

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Which literary term is defined as: 'Using an object, person, or place to stand for a bigger idea or quality.'?

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Symbolism

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Which literary term is defined as: 'Spoken words between characters, shown with quotation marks.'?

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Character Dialogue