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What is a hyperbole?
an exaggeration for effect
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What is an onomatopoeia?
when a word pronunciation imitates its sound
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Metaphor or personification
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
Yes, he was stone, stone dead. |
simile
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action. |
alliteration
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile. |
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What is alliteration?
a repeating the same starting sounds of words
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What is irony or situational irony?
when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
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hyperbole
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
Chant in a wail/that never halts,/ pace a circle and pay tribute/ with a song. |
onomatopoeia
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss-fall the raindrops. |
Persuade, Inform, and Entertain
Name three reasons authors write.
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What is a simile?
a comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"
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What is imagery?
writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
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alliteration
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
She soothed her secret sorrow. |
hyperbole
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
Falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along;/ Weren't not for laughing, I should pity him. |
What is verbal irony?
A character says one thing but really means the opposite
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What is a metaphor?
a comparison of two or more things NOT using "like" or "as"
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What is an enjambment?
when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines
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simile
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
He was like a duck out of water. |
rhyme
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
The tear-drop trickled to his chin;/There was a meaning in her grin. |
What is situational irony or irony?
This occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate.
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What is personification?
giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
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What is rhythm?
a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat
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personification
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
All night long with rush and lull/ The rain kept drumming on the roof. |
simile
What technique is being used in the following sentence?
His sorrow goes/ Like mountain snows/ In waters sweet and clear, |
What is dramatic irony?
This occurs when the reader or audience understand more about the events of a story than a character.
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