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Flashcards by tommarlin15, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by tommarlin15
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| Question | Answer |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Personification is a type of metaphor because two dissimilar things are compared. |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than or resembles. |
| Simile | A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things using a word as like, as, than, or resembles. |
| Allusion | A reference to someone or something that is know from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture. |
| Symbol | a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself that also stands for something more than itself. |
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