Figurative Language in Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 – Flashcards
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Her face was like a snow covered island upon which rain might fall but it felt no rain.
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Simile
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With the brass nozzle in his fists with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world.
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Metaphor
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"A great flight of jet planes whistled a single note across the black morning sky."
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Personification
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"Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice"
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Alliteration
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Firefighters burn books instead of put fires out.
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Irony
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"That's not social to me at all. It's a lot of tunnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom, and them telling us it's wine when it's not."
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Analogy
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None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel.
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Allusion
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"Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume. I exaggerate, of course."
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Hyperbole
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Denham's Dentifrice, Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice, one two, one two three, one two, one two three.
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Cadence/ Rhythm
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Analogy
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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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Simile
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Comparing two things using like or as
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Metaphor
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A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.
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Cadence
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rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
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Allusion
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Assonance
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Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
