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Literary terms Luke
Question | Answer |
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using words that imitate the sound they denote | onomatopoeia |
descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader | sensory imagery |
:a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds | Simile |
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | Metaphor |
understatement for rhetorical effect | Litotes |
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device | Repetition |
Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive or vice versa | synechdote |