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Glossary of terms

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Definition
show repetition of initial consonant sounds in close proximity  
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analogy   show
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assonance   show
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show Repetition of vowel sounds or patterns of vowel sounds, including initial vowel sounds, followed by different consonant sounds. Assonance is NOT true rhyme because the associated consonants differ.  
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fable   show
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show the meaning of a word or phrase as understood metaphorically, imaginatively, rather than literally, physically.  
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show a category of objects that is divided into subcategories (species)  
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idiom   show
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show the meaning of a word or phrase as known through the common, accepted understanding of the words in reality  
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show a figure of speech that uses a negated antonym to create an understatement  
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parable   show
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show when two or more words, phrases, or clauses repeat the same parts of speech patterns in similar order for a similar purpose  
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show a group of words that does NOT contain both a subject and a verb and can be used as a single part of speech  
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pleonasm (PLEE-uh-naz-um)   show
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proportional analogy   show
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show a concise line of Hebrew poetry; typically formed by two versets, or halves, which together reveal the meaning of the moral lesson  
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show a repetition of the same sound of the final syllable of two or more words  
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simile   show
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show a subcategory or object that belongs to a broader category (genus)  
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show a formula for writing analogies where each letter (a,b,c,d,...) represents a word or group of words (term)  
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synecdoche (sih-NECK-doe-kee)   show
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synecdoche by part   show
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show the substitution of a species for the genus  
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synonym   show
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term   show
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