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Vocab. 29-3
Vocabulary Workshop
Term | Definition |
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alliteration | the repetition of the same initial (first) consonant sound in a series of words |
allusion | a reference to a person , place, or event from sports, history, movies, literature, or the arts. |
hyperbole | an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true |
irony | words that mean the opposite of what you would really think |
metaphor | a comparisons of two unlike things by saying that one thing is something that it is not |
onomatopoeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning |
oxymoron | a statement with two parts that seem contradictory |
personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |