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the clicker-clack of the train wheels passing by

Onomatopoeia - a word that imitates a sound

Last year’s love is like a wilted rose

Simile - a comparison using like or as

I’m low-key freaking out

Idiom - A phrase whose meaning is different from the literal words

The Clown (in a type of play)

<p>Archetype - A typical example of a character</p> Signup and view all the answers

The rumble of thunder in the distance

<p>Foreshadowing - Hints of clues about what will happen later in the story</p> Signup and view all the answers

The place looks like the Garden of Eden

<p>Allusion - a reference to a well know person, place, event, or work of literature</p> Signup and view all the answers

Alone together

<p>Oxymoron - A phrase that combines contradictory terms like Jumbo and Shrimp</p> Signup and view all the answers

I have not been glad / for some 500 years

<p>Hyperbole - An extreme exaggeration for effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster

<p>Understatement - Making something seem less important than it actually is</p> Signup and view all the answers

Water, water everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water everywhere, And not a drop to drink

<p>Irony - When the opposite of what is expected happens or is meant</p> Signup and view all the answers

A human skull ( in a poem about death )

<p>Symbolism - Using objects or actions to represent deeper meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

The sheep did bleat at my feet - what a treat!

<p>Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words</p> Signup and view all the answers

My anger is a caged lion

<p>Metaphor - A direct comparison between two unrelated things without using like or as</p> Signup and view all the answers

The slim sailboat sped through the spillway

<p>Consonance - The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words</p> Signup and view all the answers

The red wheelbarrow / glazed with rain water / besides the white chickens

<p>Imagery - Descriptive language that appeals to the senses</p> Signup and view all the answers

Remember the 1340s? Everything was hand-lettered then, not like today

<p>Nostalgia - A longing doe the past, often with fond memories</p> Signup and view all the answers

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