Imagery (DIDLS)

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Uses concrete language to create sensory details; frequently visual images; Smell, Taste, Touch, Sound

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Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds

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Simile

A direct comparison of unlike things using “like” or “as”

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Metaphor

An indirect comparison of unlike things

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Symbolism

The use of a physical object, character, or setting to represent an abstract idea or to parallel a character; colors can be also symbolic

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Hyperbole

A deliberate exaggeration for effort

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Analogy

Comparing 2 things that have at least one thing in common

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Allusion

An indirect reference to people, places, event, or thing in history, work of art or literature

Most common are biblical allusions, references to the characters and stories of the Bible