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| story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities |
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| repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together |
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| reference to someone or soemthing that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, etc.. |
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| deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work (more than one interpretation) |
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| comparison made between two things to show how alike they are |
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| balancing words, phrases or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure |
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| calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea |
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| repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together |
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| commas used without conjucation to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X,Y, and Z... the writer uses X,Y,Z |
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| word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations |
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| an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startingly different |
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| form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking |
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| type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations |
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| words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. (similes and metaphors) |
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| character who acts as a contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero |
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| use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
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| figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement for effect. "I've told you a million times..." |
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| occurs when someone says one thing but means something else |
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| often used on stage. character in the play thinks something is true, audience knows it is not |
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| poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words or phrases are placed next to each other, creating an effect of surprise and wit |
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| figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it "crown" for king |
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| the use of wrods whose sounds echo their sense "pop" "zip" |
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| figure of speech that combines opposite of contradictory terms in brief phrase "jumbo shrimp" "bitter-sweet" |
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| relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life |
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| statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth |
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| sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements |
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| sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a serioes |
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| a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage |
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| figure of speech in which a part represents the whole "lose your wheels" wheels represents entire car |
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| language spoken by people who live in a particular locality |
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