Figurative Langugae Flashcards

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Assonace

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the repetition of vowel sounds, that can occur anywhere in the word. You can identify this by listening carefully to vowel sounds. It is different then rhyme, when a vowel and a consonant sound are repeated aat the end of the word

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Consonance

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is the repetition of consonant sounds. It looks a lot like alliteration except that the repeating consonant sounds can occur anywhere within the words, not just at the beginning.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words

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Metaphor

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comparison between two unlike things not using the words like or as.

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Similie

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The comparison between two unlike things using like or as

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Personification

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Kind of metaphor that a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if human

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Hyperbole

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A huge exaggeration often used for comic effect, or to prove a point

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Allusion

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An reference to a person, statement, place, or event from history, religion,

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