english test 12/6/11
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Created by:
violinmaster on December 6, 2011
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Classes:
TREE FLOWERS, All the Cool People Study Here ;), Class of 2017, Williams 12, Williams Buddies
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8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | comparing someone to someone famous (she was as beautiful as Snow White) |
| alliteration | the repeat of the same sound (pretty pink panthers pick pale purple petunias) |
| oxymoron | two different terms used at the same time (loud silence, living death) |
| personification | giving an object human qualities (angry trumpets, tall skinny trees) |
| simile | a comparison of two different things using like or as (she looked as graceful as a fairy) |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two different things (the clouds were mashed potatoes) |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration of something (I wanted to be dead) |
| onomatopoeia | a word that describes a sound (crash, splish, bang) |
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