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What is an Oxymoron?
mrs. fettigs favorite moron
an idiotic person
contrasting words to make it dramatic for the reader.
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What is a Flashback?
words that have the same spelling but different meanings.
interruptions that writers do to insert past events.
what is to occur in the story.
a person you met in the past.
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What is a Hyperbole?
an emotional response created by a word
a type of class
a exaggeration so dramatic no one believes its true.
another word for someone that is hyper
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what is a Pun?
similarity of structure in a series of words or phrases.
a play on word that creates a funny effect.
another word for cat
an unexpected change u events that surprises the reader.
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What is Situational Irony?
the audience knows more info that the characters.
an unexpected change in events that surprises the reader.
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What is Irony?
words used to show a difference between appearance & realty.
a guy that is super strong
a type of jacket
a resturant
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what is Tone?
an attitude twords someone or something
a feeling or uncertainty if what might happen.
a response
uses words like or as
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What a Homonym?
someone who is negative
words that have the same spelling but different meanings.
a musical instrument
a dark room
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what is Foreshadowing?
a war
fighting
an attitude towards someone
hints of what is too occur in a story
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What is a Homophone?
a reference to famous or well known person
words that sound the same but have different spellings.
an animal
a type of phone
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What is Verbal Irony?
statements that on does not truly mean
someone yelling at someone
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What is Parallelism?
similarity in structure in a series of words or phrases
a math problem
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what is Connotation?
a concert
an a emotional response created by a word.
a reference to a well know or famous person
hints to what is to occur in the story.
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What is Personification?
where human characteristics are given to an animal or object
a biography about someone
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What is Allusion?
a reference to a famous or a well known person.
a type of cat
a type of whale
a machine that hypnotize you
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What is a Cliche?
an expression used so often that it has become and boring
a type of bird
a type of cow
words pronounced the same but have two different meanings
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What is Mood?
someone thats mad
developed though theme & tone
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What is Onomatopoeia?
use of a word to imitate a natural sound or an object.
a type of animal
a type of food
something used to represent or stand for something.
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what is a Symbol?
something used to represent or stand for something
a play on word.
a reference t a famous or a well known person.
contrasting words that post a dramatic effect on a audience.
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what is Suspense?
an attitude towards someone
a party
a state or feeling or exited about what may happen
a horror movie
