Index Cards 71-80

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration

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Symbol

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Words or images used to represent something like an idea

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Personification

Back

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that portray a sound

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Allusion

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Refers to something famous or well-known by most people.

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Irony

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Creates a twist, opposite result, or the unexpected.

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Foreshadowing

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When an author hints at what is to come

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Text Structures

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Problem and Solution, Chronological Order/Sequential, Compare and Contrast, Description, Process, Cause and Effect

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Problem and Solution

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The writer presents a problem and a way to solve it.

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Cause and Effect

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When one event causes another to happen.