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| a brief rederence in a work of literature to a person, place, or event in another literary work - ex: The Bible, mythology, history, etc. |
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| a figure of speech in which the writer addresses a person or thing not literally listening or present. |
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| poetic exagerration or an overstatement |
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| sensations produced in the mind by language. the imagery of a poem includes both images and figurative language. |
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| a figure of speech in which one thing is implicitly compared to another, without using the word like or as. |
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| substitution of one thing for another closely associated with it |
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| the use of words whose wound implies the meaning |
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| an apparently self-contradictory statement that has validity |
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| a combination of contradictory words |
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| ascribing human feelings or characteristics to inanimate objects or to abstractions |
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| an explicit comparison between two things that uses the term like or as |
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| using part of a thing to stand for the whole of it- ex: lend me a hand |
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