Literary Terms Flashcards
1
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Two things are compared, one this another, not using like or as
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Metaphor
2
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A seeming contradiction
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Paradox
3
Q
Two things are compared using the word like or as
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Simile
4
Q
Use of words that plays on its different meanings
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Pun
5
Q
Words that imitate sounds
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Onomatopoeia
6
Q
Repetition of the same beginning sound
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Alliteration
7
Q
Descriptive words that create a picture in the readers mind
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Imagery
8
Q
Things or ideas are given human attributes
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Personification
9
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Reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts
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Allusion
10
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Exaggeration
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Hyperbole
11
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To speak well in the place of the blunt, disagreeable, terrifying or offensive term
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Euphemism
