what i need to be aware of Flashcards

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imagery

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Visually descriptive, especially in a literal work

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Sensory detail

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what you can see, touch, smell

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connotational language

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Use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning

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tone

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the attitude your words employ

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personification

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take an object or animal and give it human qualities, such as emotions or thoughts

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metaphor

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figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another

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idiom

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Well known expression that makes a point different from what it actually says.

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euphemism

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inoffensive term replaced with an offensive one.

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hyperbole

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Exaggerated statement

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alliteration

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Occurrence of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of closely connected words.

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assonance

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repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants

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rhyme

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the repetition of sounds between two words, usually the sounds after the final stressed syllable of each word

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sibilance

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Syntax/sentence structure

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Narrative/plot

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Problem/solution

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