Imagery Flashcards

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of a word

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in middle of the word

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Consonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds at the end of a word

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Onomatopoeia

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Writing sounds as words

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Simile

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Direct comparison of unlike things using like or as

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison of unlike things w/out like or as

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Hyperbole

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A deliberate exaggeration for effect

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Understatement

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Represents something as less than it is

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Personification

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Attributing human qualities to inhuman objects

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Symbol

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Something that represents/stands for something else

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Analogy

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Comparing two things that have at least one thing in common

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Oxymoron

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Use of words seemingly in contradiction to each other (bittersweet)

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Declarative

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Assertive-a statement

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Imperative

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Authoritative - a command

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Interrogative

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Asks a question

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Periodic Sentence

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Subject and verb are separated by intervening phrases

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Juxtaposition

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Normally unassociated ideas, words or phrases placed together

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Word Thread

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Imagery that continues throughout sentences.