a direct comparison between two things, introduced by the word 'like' or 'as', in order to make a description more vivd or emphatic
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metaphor
an indirect comparison in which one thing is expressed in terms of another - there is no need to use 'like' or 'as'
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onomatopoeia
the term used to describe the effect created by a writer when the sound of a word or words echoes the sense of what is being described, and helps to bring the description alive in the mind of the reader
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alliteration
the term given to the repetition of the same sound(s) at the beginning of words
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personification
the term given to the literary technique of attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects or non-human life forms
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Card 2
Front
an indirect comparison in which one thing is expressed in terms of another - there is no need to use 'like' or 'as'
Back
metaphor
Card 3
Front
the term used to describe the effect created by a writer when the sound of a word or words echoes the sense of what is being described, and helps to bring the description alive in the mind of the reader
Back
Card 4
Front
the term given to the repetition of the same sound(s) at the beginning of words
Back
Card 5
Front
the term given to the literary technique of attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects or non-human life forms
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