Final Flashcards

(13 cards)

1
Q

Speech that directly compares two unlike things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”

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Metaphor

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2
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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals

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Personification

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3
Q

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence

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Alliteration

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4
Q

Exaggeration for emphasis or effect

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Hyperbole

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5
Q

Words that imitate the sounds they describe

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Onomanapia

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6
Q

Combining contradictory terms

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Oxymoron

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7
Q

Repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words that do not rhyme

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Assonance

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8
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Repetition of a consonant at the end of two or more words

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Consonance

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9
Q

A character speaking aloud to themselves

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Soliloquy

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10
Q

Rhythm of five iambs

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Iambic Pentameter

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11
Q

The wild winds whisked the leaves away

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Consonance

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12
Q

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plains

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Assonance

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13
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Tommy took ten tiny turtles to town

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Alliteration

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