English Test 12 terms

Alliteration

Initial constant sounds the same
Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance

Repetition of final consonant sounds
Dialect

Regional language used by writer to make dialogue more realistic
Metaphor

Comparison where one thing described in terms of another
Onomatopoeia

Words that sound like they mean
Personification

human qualities given to an inanimate object
Rhetorical device

use of language by speakers to persuade
Simile

Comparison using words Like as resembles of similar

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English Test 12 terms

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