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FIGURES OF SPEECH

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    Description of important figures of speech
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  • What is an alliteration?
    It is the repetition of the same sound.
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  • What is an anaphora?
    It is the repetition of the same word.
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  • What is a caesura?
    It is a pause in the middle of the verse.
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  • What is a stanza?
    It is a group of lines in a poem or song.
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  • What is irony?
    We use irony when we say the opposite of what we mean.
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  • What is an inversion?
    The words in a sentence are not in order.
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  • What is a simile?
    It is a comparisono between elements, using 'like' or 'as'.
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  • What is a metaphor?
    It is used to compare two things symbolically.
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  • What is an hyperbole?
    It is an exaggeration.
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