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| Repetition of a sound and the beginning of a word, or stressed syllables. |
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| Indirect reference to a person place or thing |
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| Putting contrasting ideas close to each other to complement each other |
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| Speaking to the inanimate or dead as if it were alive |
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| The repeating of vowel sounds in a word, namely in the middle parts of the word |
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| Repetition of the last parts of words |
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| The writer's choice in words, phrases, figure of speech, or other poetic terms; determines mood and tone |
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| metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, apostrophe, etc. |
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| looking back at an earlier part of the story |
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| hints of what happens later on in the story |
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| the author's personal manner of speech and diction; how he says what he says |
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| the anxious anticipation of what's to come |
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| an object or action in that means more than it's literal interpretation |
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| a figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole, or vice versa |
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| the arrangement of words in a sentence, phrase, or paragraph |
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| the idea of a piece of writing |
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| the writer's attitude as expressed in his writing |
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| intentionally saying less than what is meant |
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| the repetition of the terminal sounds of lines |
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| a change in point of view, mood, scenery, or tense |
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| saying the opposite of what is intended for humorous, or satirical reasons |
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| granting non-human things with human qualities |
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| the repeating of lines, words, or parts of lines |
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| the study of meter and style of a poem |
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| the framework of a poem; how a poem is put together |
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| comparing unlike things using like or as |
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| the perspective from which the tale is told; objective, omniscient, limited omniscient |
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| comparing unlike things, to emphasize aspects of it |
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| use of words that create an image in the readers mind |
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| why one does what they do |
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| a situation where the opposite of the intended effect takes place |
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| when seemingly contradicting terms are combined |
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| something that contradicts itself |
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| words that are spelled like they sound |
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| a poem that tells a story |
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