tropes Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| metaphor | comparrison between two different things. |
| simile | comparrison between two different things using "like"or "as". |
| synecdoche | when a group of words paints a picture of another word or object. |
| metonymy | substitution of a suggested word for what is meant. |
| antanaclasis | one word repeated twice but used differently both times. |
| paronomasia | words used are alike in sound but different in meaning. |
| syllepsis | a phrase used once but meant two ways. |
| personification | giving inanimate objects human like qualities or abilities. |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for heightened effect with some truth. |
| litotes | purposeful use of an understatement. |
| rhetorical question | asking a question bit not expecting an answer. |
| irony | saying the opposite of what it meant. when the reader knows something the character doesn't. the character can't help what may happen known or not. |
| onomatapoeia | use of a word whose sound is used when said. |
| oxymoron | putting two contradicting words together. |
| paradox | contradicting statement that contains some truth. |
| periphrasis | substitution of a proper noun with words that describe it. |
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emmer22
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