Fiction Flashcards
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written as if it were another.
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Idiom
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An expression that can’t be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.
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Simile
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A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison.
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Analogy
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A comparison of two things that are alike in some ways but otherwise quite different.
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Dramatic irony
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When the reader knows something the characters don’t.
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Verbal irony
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Sarcasm
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Irony
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The difference between appearance and reality.
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Situational irony
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When an event go against your expectation.
