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Onomatopoeia
Word that sounds like the sound it makes 'Splash'
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Allegory
Methaphor in which a character/place/ event is used to deliver a bigger message
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Personification
Human quality found in an object,weather.. etc
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Satire
General aspects of society are critized by the writing
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Pathetic fallacy
Weather reflects the mood
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Juxtaposition/contrasts
Contrast between 2 ideas
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Imagery
pictures/ideas created in mind of the reader
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Metaphor
When something is like something else
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Hyperbole
Exaggerating for a purpose- not meant to be taken seriously/literally
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Enjambment
Device used in poetry where a sentence continues byond the end of line
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Alliteration
The first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow.
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Oxymoron
Two words placed together with different meanings to create a new meaning 'bitter swet'
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Allegory

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Methaphor in which a character/place/ event is used to deliver a bigger message

Card 3

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Personification

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Card 4

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Satire

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Card 5

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Pathetic fallacy

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