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English
10th Grade
05/25/2012

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Term
Simile
Definition
Comparing two things using "Like" or "As"
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
A word that is the sound of something
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Personification
Definition
Giving something non-living life like qualities
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Metaphor
Definition
comparing two unlike things without using "Like" or "As".
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Allusion
Definition
a reference to something in history, religion, or literature
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Apostrophe
Definition
talking to an inanimate object or a person who is not there
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Aside
Definition
When a character speaks to the audience
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Couplet
Definition
a pair of rhyming lines
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Oxymoron
Definition
When contradictory words are placed side by side
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