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Flashcards by Emily Jakobsen, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Jakobsen
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Simile | Comparing something to another thing using like or as. Example: How a doctor diagnoses diseases is like how a detective investigates crimes. |
| Metaphor | Comparing something to another without using like or as. Example: Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. |
| Anagram | It is taking a word or phrase and rearranging it to make a different word or phrase. Example: Tom Marvolo Riddle I am Lord Voldemort and William Shakespeare I am a weakish speller |
| Alliteration | When a sentence uses the same consonant sound in the first letter of a sentence. It is dependent on sounds, not letters. Example: But a better butter make a batter better What it is not: Cigarette chase |
| Metonymy | Replacing the name of a thing with something closely related to it. Example: The White House is concerned about terrorism The White House being the people working in it. |
| Synecdoche | Refers to a thing by the use of one of the parts of it. Example: The word “bread” refers to food or money as in “Writing is my bread and butter” or “sole breadwinner” |
| Soliloquy | Device often used in drama when a character speaks to him or herself. Example from Machbeth act 1 scene 5: "The raven himself is hoarse, that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. |
| Foreshadowing | Foreshadowing is used to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story. Example: She had no idea that the reaction would be much more fatal. Here the protagonist remains clueless of further development, but the readers get a little hint on what will happen later. |
| Personification | It is when you attach a personality to an inanimate object or animals. Example: The raging winds |
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