Bronx Masquerade Figurative Language – Flashcards
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"Poison gas does not discriminate"
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"You simply celebrated Blues and Be-bop and being black before it was considered hip."
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alliteration
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"Her cheek as raw as red-brown meat."
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"I know the stench and sting of chlorine."
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alliteration
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"afternoon" "soon"; "robe" "know" "steer clear"
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assonance
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"terrorism is here/lurking at the bus stop"; "it's the blood that tells"; "letters dancing backwards"
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personification
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"For I am coconut"
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metaphor
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"We are one now...eighteen syllables. A single poem."
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metaphor
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"crashing"; "Bang!"; "popped"; "smacked"; "whispers"; "gurgling"
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onomatopoeia
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"Time, a perfumed bottle hanging from her neck"
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"Knees knocking like a skeleton on Halloween"
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"Eyes stapled to the page in front of me..."
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hyperbole
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"...and the tick-tick-tick of time, which is equal parts yours and mine."
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onomatopoeia
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"But first, say no to coke and smoke."
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assonance and consonance
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"Say no to race and hate. Don't underestimate..."
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assonance
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"My jaw dropped from shock..."
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hyperbole
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"A woman ain't no punching bag."
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"...one of the lies she sprinkles like sugar."
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"He knows I'm the real deal."
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assonance and consonance
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"I will paint los niños...I will paint my cousins...I will pain Mami..."
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anaphora
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"'til someone with skin like milk yelled action!"
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"They were shaking in their boots..."
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idiom
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"Maybe it's time to quit sneaking in and out of the library like I'm some thief."
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"I rub him...I take his temperature...I give him medicine...I sing to him... I rock him..."
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"...the toothless, squirming bundle ..."
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"You laugh, wrap my woody shell with wicked whispers..."
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alliteration
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"Abuelita says my talent is as old as her bones."
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