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Comparassions and Poetic Devices
For Jhersom Writing Workshop NHS
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Writing
9th Grade
04/06/2010

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Allusion
Definition
an indirect or passing reference
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Analogy
Definition
a comparassion between 2 things
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Metaphor
Definition
word of phrase is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable
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Simile
Definition
comparison using like or as
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Personification
Definition
giving a non-human object human qualities
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Parody
Definition
imitation of of writing/artist/genre
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggerated statements
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Image
Definition
representation of a thing/person in a sculpture/ painting
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Diction
Definition
choice of words and phrases
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Syntax
Definition
arrangement of words
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Motif
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dominant idea
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Symbol
Definition
thing representing another
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Paradox
Definition
statement that contradicts itself
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Abstraction/Concrete
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specific or not
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Irony
Definition
something different than something else/ what you thought it ment
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