comparing two things using like or as

A word or phrase that was once fresh but has become overused

a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past

deeper meaning given to everyday objects or events

what is personification??

give animals or inanimate object human like characteristics.

An indication of a future event

an expression of whose meaning is not predictable.

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English Language Arts 30-1

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Writers weave their witty, wonderful words into webs.
consonance
alliteration
assonance
allusion
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The emotional association of a word
symbolism
consonance
connotation
denotation
3
Two usually contradictory words not normally put together but that still make sense
oxymoron
antithesis
juxtaposition
contrast
4
Similie
describing something to provide you with an image
sudden story turn around
comparing two things using like or as
gives personal pronouns to inanimate objects
5
What is a cliche?
A type of metaphor giving human characteristics to objects..
A word or phrase that was once fresh but has become overused
A figure of speech that cannot be defined literally.
A reference to a well known thing or figure of speech,
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Choose the oxymoron:
Best of all time
Awfully lucky
Between jobs
I am nobody.
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Purposely downplaying the importance or intensity of something
understatement
hyperbole
anaphora
connotation
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Repetition of the same consonant sound in the middle or at the end of surrounding words
alliteration
assonance
allusion
consonance
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My friend's bakery burned down last night. Now his business is toast.
personification
prose
paradox
pun
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What is a flashback?
Time travel
a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past
An occurrence to go back in time.
To talk about something in the past
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Simile or Metaphor?
Metaphor
Simile
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symbolism
deeper meaning given to everyday objects or events
words that have the same sound at the end
words that create a mental image
section of a poem, usually with rhyme and length
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what is personification??
give animals or inanimate object human like characteristics.
it gives anything food.
it makes all the animals that are locked up in cages free.
it makes the people of the society feel really thankful
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I've asked you a million times to stop talking!
assonance
metaphor
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
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Repetition of the same vowel sound in surrounding words
assonance
consonance
alliteration
allusion
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Foreshadowing
An indirect reference
Words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally
An indication of a future event
Comparing two things using like or as
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what is an idiom??
the meaning that uses "like or as"
the word that uses exaggerations.
the meaning that uses "pow,boom" ect.
an expression of whose meaning is not predictable.

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