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1
What is the difference between Autobiography and Biography?
Both written about a famous dead person.
Autobiography is the author writing about their own life
Biography is account of so
Both written about a famous person
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Foil
Characters who bring out the best in each other.
Characters who contrast each other
Method of persuasion
Figure of speech
3
What is the correct example of alliteration.
The moon has eyes
Bob believed the big blue billboard.
Ryan fed the giraffe
Sally sat on the clear carpet
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Personification
Use of word whose sound imitates a meaning
Giving traits to objects or animals
Implied metaphor
A comparison
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Hyperbole
I'm so hunger I could eat a horse!
No shoe in the world will match this shirt!
I have tons of homework!
It took five minutes to drive home!
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Which Is Not An Aphorism?
A bad penny always turns up
Wishing on a star
All for one and one for all
All that glitter is not gold
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Metaphor
Figure of speech
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
Comparing two things
Figure of speech that compares two things.
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Example Of Archetype?
Security Guard
Hero saves the world
Wise Old Man
Mailman
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Emotional Appeal
My dog ate my homework
I didn't understand the assignment
My grandma died yesterday. I couldn't finish the assignment.
My car battery died. I didn't get home to finish the H.W.
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Paradox
I'm a compulsive liar
Statement that reveals a truth but contradicts itself
All dogs go to heaven
Question that is asked for effect&that doesn't need answers