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Flashcards by rdryhurst.451534, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by rdryhurst.451534
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Metaphor | On thing that is said to be another. Eg, "you are a dog". |
| Simile | Makes a comparison between two things. Eg, "you are as sleepy as a dog". |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the first letter. Eg, "the slithering snake slithered silently". |
| Assonance | Resemblance of a sound, particular the repetition of vowel sounds. Eg, "how, now, brown cow". |
| Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration; "I have been here a thousand times before". |
| Personification | The attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects; "The clock smiled at me when it hit three o'clock". |
| Onomatopoeia | A type of sound; "plop", "bang". |
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