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Figurative Language Flashcards

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant at the beginning of words

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Allusion

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A figure of speech that makes reference to a place person or thing that is well known

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Hyperbole

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An over exaggeration for effect

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Foreshadowing

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The author drops subtle about future events before they happen

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Imagery

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The use of descriptive picture making words to create a mental picture ( appeals to the 5 senses)

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Symbol

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When an idea has a deeper meaning or value

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Simile

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A comparison using like as or than

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Metaphor

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A comparison not using like as or than

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Personification

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Attributes of a living thing to a non living thing

Ex: the window is whistling

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds the like sound it makes

Ex: crash bang

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Tone

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An attitude of a writer towards a subject or an audience

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First person

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Uses the word I can only experience the narrators side of the story

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Second person

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From the perspective of you only used in instructions usually

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Limited third person

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Narrator is not a person in the story. Limited to one character ( he she it)

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Third person multiple

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Can follow more then one person in the story narrator is not a character ( he she it)

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Third person omniscient

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Narrator is not in story ( he she it)

The narrator knows everything

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Diction

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Type of speaking or writing determined by the words that are used

18
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Humour

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Amusing or comic language

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Suspense

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Feeling anxious about what might happen

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Flashback

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A transition in the story to an earlier time that makes you go forward or back in time

21
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Shifts

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A change in mood or attitude that is focused on the language in the literature

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