Final Flashcards
(13 cards)
Speech that directly compares two unlike things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals
Personification
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence
Alliteration
Exaggeration for emphasis or effect
Hyperbole
Words that imitate the sounds they describe
Onomanapia
Combining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words that do not rhyme
Assonance
Repetition of a consonant at the end of two or more words
Consonance
A character speaking aloud to themselves
Soliloquy
Rhythm of five iambs
Iambic Pentameter
The wild winds whisked the leaves away
Consonance
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plains
Assonance
Tommy took ten tiny turtles to town
Alliteration