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Designed to help the reader or listener follow along and gives the text a musical quality
metaphor
simile
connotation
rhythm
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Sunrises and sunsets
symbols
figurative language
allusions
loaded words
3
The direct meaning of a word (the dictionary definition)
diction
denotation
dialect
connotation
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The house had a secret that it would not reveal.
paradox
symbol
metaphor
personification
5
Comparison Between Two Unlike Things
figurative language
metaphor
symbol
simile
6
Two contradictory terms (back to back)
paradox
connotation
oxymoron
denotation
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Sounds portrayed as words
alliteration
assonance
onomatopoeia
personification
8
Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
personification
simile
symbol
metaphor
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Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
onomatopoeia
figurative language
alliteration
assonance
10
An indirect reference
connotation
allusion
hyperbole
paradox
11
Word choice
diction
symbol
loaded words
syntax
12
Her eyes were like fireflies.
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
simile
13
“I can resist anything but temptation.” -Oscar Wilde
paradox
symbol
diction
metaphor
14
Human characteristics given to something not human
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Symbol
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Boom! Hiss!
loaded words
personification
onomatopoeia
figurative language
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Repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhyme
assonance
17
Speech Related to a Specific Area or Place
dialect
figurative language
loaded words
diction
18
Exaggeration
hyperbole
loaded words
understatement
imagery
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I quite like my life.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
assonance
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Seemingly contradictory statement that reveals some type of truth
oxymoron
connotation
paradox
symbol
21
Something that stands for something else
imagery
stanza
symbol
diction
22
Language that relates to and reflects the 5 senses
imagery
figurative language
simile
loaded words
23
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
rhyme scheme
alliteration
rhyme
assonance
24
Words or phrases with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning
syntax
loaded words
denotation
figurative language
25
Words With More Than One Meaning or a Positive or Negative Connotation
loaded words
stanzas
figurative language
denotation
26
Ideas or feelings associated with a word (you won't find this in the dictionary)
alliteration
assonance
denotation
connotation
27
Sentence structure
dialect
diction
allusion
syntax
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This is how we sleep. This is how our dreams arrive.
parallelism
onomatopoeia
syntax
simile
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Lack of exaggeration used to lessen an idea
syntax
hyperbole
paradox
understatement
30
Similar sentence structure
diction
connotation
parallelism
syntax
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Hey y'all, I'm wantin' some pop.
paradox
oxymoron
dialect
personification
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I yelled at my mom, "You're like the Hitler of this house!"
syntax
personification
parallelism
allusion
