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English Exam-- Literary Terms/ Figures of Speech

AB
SimileComparison made with like, as, resembles, seems that, similar to
MetaphorA figure of speech in which an implicit camperison is made between two different things without the use of like, as resembles, seems
PersonificationGiving human abilitied or charactoristics to inanimate objects, animals, of ideas
AnthropomorphismHuman charactoristics given to a non-human
Aliterationrepetition of the same consonant sound
ConsonanceThe repition of consonants in a consonant pattern especially at the end of som words
AssonanceRepetition of the same vowel sound
OnomatopoeiaWords whose sounds imitate what they are trying to explain
HyperboleExaggeration for rhetorical effect
Tonethe writter of speaker's attitude toward his subject, audience, or himself
AllusionReference to something in previous literation or history
Dramatic Situationthe plot of the poem (what's happening)
IronyA way of speaking or writing where the person means the opposite of what it means


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