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DIDLS - Imagery
Creates a vivid picture and appeals to the senses.
14
Language - English
12th Grade
09/18/2012

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alliteration
Definition
repitition of consonant sounds at the start of a word
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assonance
Definition
repitition of vowel sounds in the middle of a word
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consonance
Definition
repitition of consonant sounds in the middle of a word
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onomatopoeia
Definition
writing sounds as words
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simile
Definition
a direct comparison of unlike things using like or as
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metaphor
Definition
a direct comparison of unlike things
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hyperbole
Definition
a deliberate exaggeration for effect
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understatement
Definition
represents something as less than it is
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personificiation
Definition
attributing human qualities to inhuman objects
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metonymy
Definition
word exchanged for another closely associated with it
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pun
Definition
play on words - uses words with multiple meanings
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symbol
Definition
something that represents/stands for something else
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analogy
Definition
comparing two things that have at least one thing in common
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oxymoron
Definition
use of words seemingly in contradiction to each other
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