English Flashcards

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Simile

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using “like” or “as”
example: her smile is as bright as the sun.

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Metaphor

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comparing to things without like or as.
“He is a lion.”

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Alliteration

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The same letter is repeating.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Hyperbole (E)

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Exaggeration of something to make a point. and to add humor.
Example: “I am so hungry I could eat a horse”

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Onomatopoeia

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Is sounds.
Example: Boom or Buzz

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Personification

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When you give human traits to something.
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.

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Repetition

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It is a repetition of a word or phrase repeated for emphasis or effect writing or speech.
Example: “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”
“She was determined, determined to succeed”

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oxymoron

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is when you put two words together that aren’t supposed to be.
Example: “living dead.” “Sweet sorrow.”

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Irony

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it is when things happen differently that expected, like when someone says one thing but the opposite actually occurs.

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pun

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it is a joke that plays with words and sounds to make people laugh.

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Euphemism

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it is a nicer or more polite way of saying something that can be uncomfortable or harsh.

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Allusion

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It is a reference to something else. It is a hint or nod to another story or idea.

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Idiom(c+d)

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A phrase that doesn’t mean what it says literally such as its raining cats and dogs

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