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| Question | Answer |
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| ALLITERATION | is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. |
| ALLUSION | is a direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history, literature, mythology or the Bible. |
| APOSTROPHE | a figure of speech in which a person not present is addressed. |
| ASSONANCE | is a close repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllables. |
| CLICHE | an overused expression that has lost its intended force or novelty. |
| CONNOTATION | the emotional suggestions attached to words beyond their strict definitions. |
| CONSONANCE | the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels. |
| CONTRAST | the comparison or juxtaposition of things that are different. |
| DENOTATION | the dictionary meaning of words. |
| EXTENDED METAPHOR | an implied comparison between two things which are essentially not alike. These points of comparison are continued throughout the selection. |
| FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | Language used in such a way as to force words out of their literal meanings by emphasizing their connotations to bring new insight and feeling to the subject. |
| HYPERBOLE | an exaggeration in the service of truth - an overstatement. |
| IDIOM | is a term or phrase that cannot be understood by a literal translation, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is understood through common use. |
| IMAGERY | is the representation through language of sense experience. The image most often suggests a mental picture, but an image may also represent a sound, smell, taste or tactile experience. |
| IRONY | is a literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings. |
| JARGON | language peculiar to a particular trade, profession or group. |
| JUXTAPOSITION | is the overlapping or mixing of opposite or different situations, characters, settings, moods, or points of view in order to clarify meaning, purpose, or character, or to heighten certain moods, especially humour, horror, and suspense. also Contrast |
| METAPHOR | a comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. The comparison is implied rather than directly stated. |
| METER | any regular pattern of rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| MOOD |