Definitions Flashcards
1
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Metaphor
A
Comparison without like or as
2
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Alliteration
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Repetition of beginning sounds of words
3
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Consonance
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Repetition of consonant sounds
4
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Assonance
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Repetition of vowel sounds
5
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
6
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Irony
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Use of words to express opposite meaning
7
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Diction
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Choice and use of words
Rude bs polite
8
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Imagery
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Language appeals to 5 senses
9
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Meter
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Rhyming pattern
10
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Rhyme
A
Word ends with sound that compares to another
11
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Repetition
A
Author repeats the same words in a story
12
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Syntax
A
The structure of words, lines stanza and punctuation
13
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Onomatopoeia
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Word from a sound
14
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to something that is not “the flowers danced”
15
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Idiom
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Expression of 2 or more words “silver lining”
