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hyperbole

an exaggerated statement

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Personification

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

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hyperbole

an exaggerated statement

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Hyperbole

An exaggerated statement.

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Metaphor

A comparison between two unrelated things.

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Personification

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

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Simile

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the sound that it describes.

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Flashback

An event that occurred in the past.

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Conflict

Can be man vs. man, man vs. self, or man vs. nature.

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Climax

The turning point of the story.

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Alliteration

The repetition of sound at the beginning of words.

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Dramatic Irony

When the audience knows what is happening but the characters do not.

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Ethos

An appeal to experience, knowledge, or training.

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Pathos

An appeal to emotion.

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Logos

An appeal using logic, facts, and figures.

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Rhetorical Question

A question that doesn't require an answer.

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Rhetoric

The art of effective expression through speaking or writing.

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