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Figurative Language
100
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance
100
Pleasant words used to get the audience on their side when presenting ideas, values and opinions
What is positive vocabulary
100
Describes two unrelated things using direct comparison
What is a metaphor
200
Repeating the initial consonant of a group of words
What is alliteration
200
Describing the opponent, shows effectiveness and improves the argument
What is negative vocabulary
200
Describes two unrelated things using the words 'as' or 'like'.
What is a simile
300
words used sound like something that is being described
What is onomatopoeia
300
Used to impress and persuade the audience with carefully selected adjectives
What is exaggeration
300
Gives human qualities to non-human or inanimate objects and things
What is personification
400
words that sound similar or rhyme and are effective and pleasant to hear
What is rhyme