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Allusion

An indirect or passing reference to something without mentioning it explicitly.

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Analogy

An extended comparison between something unfamiliar and something familiar to clarify meaning.

Verbal Irony

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.

Situational Irony

When actions have an effect opposite from what was intended, producing an unexpected outcome.

Allegory

A story in which each aspect carries symbolic meaning beyond the literal tale.

Symbolism

When a person, place, or object has a meaning in itself but also suggests other meanings.

Satire

A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

Antithesis

The use of parallel structures to emphasize contrasts, e.g., “Some like it hot; some like it cold.”

Oxymoron

A phrase that combines contradictory terms, e.g., “jumbo shrimp,” “deafening silence.”

Paradox

A seemingly self-contradictory statement that may reveal a deeper truth, e.g., “save money by spending it.”