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| alliteration | repetition of similar consonant sounds |
| allusion | reference to a person, place, or event in literature, history or culture that the author expects the reader to know |
| antithesis | two words or phrases that are contrasted in meaning for emphasis |
| assonance | repetition of the same accented VOWEL |
| diction | accurate and careful choice of words to convey a specific meaning and tone |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration used to make a strong effect |
| imagery | use of sensory words (sight, sound, smell, taste, feel) to describe something |
| inversion | reversal of normal word order in a sentence |
| verbal irony | saying the opposite of what you mean |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that directly compares two unliike things |
| explicit metaphor | a metaphor that uses a "be" verb |
| implicit metaphor | a metaphor that is implied rather than stated; does not use a "be" verb |
| metonymy | using a term closely related to an object in place of the name of that object (ex: "crown" meaning "king") |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests or imitates its meaning |
| oxymoron | a combination of contradictory or incongruous words |
| paradox | a seemingly contradictory statemtn that, on closer examination, may be true |
| parallel structure | the use of phrases or sentences that are similar in grammatical structure |
| personification | giving human (or living) qualities to something nonhuman (or nonliving) |
| pun | a play on words |
| simile | comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| synecdoche | a type of metaphor where an important part of something is substituted for the whole thing |
| understatement | intentionally making something seem less important than it is in fact |
| repetition for effect | repeating specially chosen words or phrases to make a point or stress certain ideas |
| hyphenated modifier | A group of words (with hyphens between them) that functions as one adjective |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line or sentence |
