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Alliteration: a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The.

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1 Alliteration: a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds within the words The c A mp f I re I s f OI led as the s OI l I s d A mp. Anaphora: Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive sentences/phrases My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration. Analogy: an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops to catch a breath loses. Diction: Word choice Metaphor: an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. My brother was boiling mad.

2 Paradox: contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” Parallelism: the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts. Personification: a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The wind whispered through dry grass. Repetition: repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. “A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.” Ethos: Appeal to author’s credibility/morals Logos: Appeal to logic Pathos: Appeal to emotion Rhythm: demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in verse form Twas the ni ght before Christ mas, and all throu gh the house

3 Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? Go, and never darken my towels again. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain and most fools do. Because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, I did not see them at the station. Joe realized that the train was late, while he waited at the train station. Even though he prefers to eat with a fork, he chooses to use chopsticks in Chinese restaurants; however, they aren't easy to use. She works at Bloomingdale’s but is always late, so she was fired.

4 Last name 1 First and Last Name Ms. Yeaton ELA 11 H Period 2 11 January 2016 Title “ (Twain 120).


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