CORBETT Literary Terms 12/12 Flashcards


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  • Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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  • Assonance

the repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words, but with different consonant sounds

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  • Consonance

Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.

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  • Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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  • Metaphor

saying one thing IS another thing to show they're similar, without using "like" or "as,"

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  • Personification

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman,

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  • Rhyme

the repetition of identical or similar sounds at the end of words

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  • Simile

figure of speech comparing two unlike things and often using like or as