Creative Writing Flashcards

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•Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Simile

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•Direct comparison without using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Metaphor

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•Giving human qualities to objects and animals

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Personification

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Extreme exaggeration to make a point

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Hyperbole

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•Occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to in a row) have the same first consonant sound.

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Alliteration

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•Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

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Assonance

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•Repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems. Typically at the end of words

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Consonance

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•The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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Onomatopoeia

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•is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the ends of lines of poems or songs

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Rhyme

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•The deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentences in order to achieve an artistic effect

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Anaphora

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•The repetition of words or phrases at the END of a sentence or line

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Epistrophe

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