Eng II Final
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| Simile | a figure of speech that compares two words using like or as. (e.x., as brave as a lion)
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| Denouement | the events included in the falling action of a story (e.x., Romeo and Juliet die together.)
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| Alliteration | a literary device where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning sound. (e.x., she sells seashells by the seashore.)
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| Allusion | a figure of speech in which a story references something famous outside of the story. (e.x., "By the Waters of Babylon" references the Bible)
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| Assonance | the repetition of a vowel sound in a piece of writing. (e.x., The alligator asked the apple if Abby had asked Ashley about the other alligator.)
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| Metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two words NOT using like or as. (e.x., all the world's a stage)
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| Free Verse | poetry that does not have a pattern and does not rhyme.
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| Blank Verse | poetry without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. (e.x., Macbeth - Shakespeare: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, etc.)
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| Prose | poetry that is written in sentences and paragraphs rather than stanzas.
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| Couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. (e.x., Parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good night till it be morrow.)
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| Inference | a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
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| Prediction | realizing something will happen before it actually does.
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| Summarization | highlighting the main ideas of a story in a short written summary.
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| Paradox | a self contradictory statement.(e.x., war is peace.)
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| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. (e.x., i’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)
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| Onomatopoeia | the use or formation of words whose sound is intended to imitate the action or sound they mean - (e.x., splash! the kid jumped in the pool.)
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