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English 12 Diction
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12th Grade
01/18/2013
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Onomatopia
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Clink Clank Clunk
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Assonance
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Micky and Pinky Picked on Sammy
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Alliteration
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Sean sucked a sucker
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Paradox
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Sometimes you hvae to be cruel to be kind
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Hyperbole
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Sean is taller than Yao Ming
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Simile
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My arms were as big as a mountain
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Metaphor
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My sister growled
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Personification
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My desk were clear as my eyes
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Analogy
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She used an analogy to describe the eye to a lense of  a camera (Comparison)
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Allegory
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Animal Farm uses allegory to make reference to the Russian Revolution
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Consonance
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Pitter Patter
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