Teases readers about plot turns that will occur later in the story. A fortune teller might use foreshadowing, warning that a short life line is a sign of some impending disaster.
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Hyperbole
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
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Pathetic fallacy
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
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Oxymoron
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.
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Imagery
Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'.
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Allusion
An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event.
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Card 2
Front
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
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Hyperbole
Card 3
Front
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
Back
Card 4
Front
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.
Back
Card 5
Front
Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'.
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