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Alliteration
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the recurrence of initial consonant sounds.
(Usually limited to two words) |
What a delicious day!
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Allusion
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a short, informal reference to a famous person or event.
(Common Allusions: literature, history, Greek myth, the Bible) |
Plan ahead: it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
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Amplification
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repeating a word or expression while adding more detail.
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This orchard, this lovely, shady orchard, is the main reason I bought this property.
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Analogy
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compares two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying it.
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Knowledge is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself.
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Antithesis
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a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas joined together or juxtaposed
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. |
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration for emphasis or effect
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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
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Metaphor
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compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. Unlike a simile or analogy, a metaphor asserts that something IS another thing, not just that it's LIKE another thing.
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When it comes to midterms, it's kill or be killed. Let's go in and slay this test.
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Parallelism
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recurrent syntactical similarity. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that they are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence.
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Ferocious dragons breathing fire and wicked sorcerers casting their spells do their harm by night in the forest of Darkness.
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Personification
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metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes--attributes of form, character, feelings, behavior, and so on. Ideas and abstractions can also be personified.
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This coffee is strong enough to get up and walk away.
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Rhetorical Question
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a question with an obvious answer, usually just a yes or no. It is used for effect, emphasis, or provocation, or for drawing a conclusion from the facts at hand.
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For if we lose the ability to perceive our faults, what is the good of living on?
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Simile
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a comparison between two different things that resemble each other in at least one way. Like an Analogy, it can be used in explanation, comparing an unfamiliar thing to a familiar thing.
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(LIKE) a bird in a cage
Quick (AS) a fox Snow is white; (SO) am I. |
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Synecdoche
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a type of metaphor in which the part stands for / represents the whole or vice versa.
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If I had some wheels, I'd put on my best threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage.
Give us our daily bread. |
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Understatement
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deliberately expresses an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness and tact.
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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake interrupted business somewhat in the downtown area.
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Double Negative/ Litotes
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Heat waves are not rare in the summer.
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