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What is hyperbole?

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The use of exaggeration for effect.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that creates pictures in the mind of the reader, appealing to all 5 senses.

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What is characterization?

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The methods that a writer uses to develop characters.

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What is a literary device?

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A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.

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What is allusion?

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An indirect reference made to another literary work, event, famous person, religion, art, or place.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A direct comparison between two different things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.