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The use of a sound, word or phrase more than once.
What is repetition?
What is foreshadowing?
comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is simile?
What are these examples of: ka-boom, smack, bang!
What is onomatopoeia?
What is this an example of: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.
What is a metaphor?
A reference to a famous person, place or event in literature.
What is an allusion?
an interruption of the present action to events in the past.
What is flashback?
Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing.
What is personification?
What is this an example of: The boy was as tall as a giraffe.
What is hyperbole?
What do these words represent:
Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
What is imagery?
A form of language spoken in certain place by a certain group of people.
What is dialect?
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
Words that mimic sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is this an example of: The wind yells while blowing.
What is personification?
What is this an example of: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to walk in.
What is alliteration?
An expression that cannot be directly translated word-for-word in another language.
What is an Idiom?
An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.
What is hyperbole?
Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
What is this an example of: She has a bee in her bonnet.
What is dialect?
What is allusion?
The substitution of an offensive word or phrase for a non-offensive word.
What is euphemism?
A person, place or thing that stands for something beyond itself.
What is symbolism?
Parallelism created when phrases or lines begin with the same words.
What is anaphora?
What are these examples called:
Died - Passed away
I'm busy - Leave me alone
You're fired - You're being let go
What is euphemism?
What is this an example of:
Why is this being repeated?
Why is this being emphasized?
What is anaphora?