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100

The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound 

Alliteration 

100

a word choice intended to convey a certain effect 

Diction 

100

A scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event. 

Flashback 

200

A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing 

Allusion 

200

words and phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else. They always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between seemingly unlikely things.

Figures of speech

200

Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future actions or events.

foreshadowing 

300

The repetition of accented vowel sounds in a series of words 

Assonace 

300

a figure of speech which compares two different things or ideas through the use of words "like" or "as".  

Simile

300

Is a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. 

Hyberbole 

400

The repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect 

Consonaces 

400

a figure of speech which is a comparison of two unlike things, not using "like" or "as"

Metaphor 

400

consists of the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas.

Imagery

500
facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose 

Details 

500

a figure of speech, a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics 

personification 

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