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Allegory
Extends a metaphor with meanings found outside the text
Alliteration
Repetition of the same consonant sounds
Allusion
A indirect reference to something
→ From politics, literature, science, sports, etc
Ambiguity
Multiple meanings
Analogy
Two things that are compared to show how alike they are
Antecedent
Words or phrase referred to by pronouns
Antithesis
The direct opposite of ideas
Aphorism
A memorable truth or principle from an author
Apostrophe
Implies personification of an object addressed
Atmosphere
Creates a mood by the entirety of a literary world
Caricature
To exaggerate or distort by a verbal description
Clause
Contains both a subject and a verb; grammatical unit
Colloquial/Colloquialism
Informality/slang in writing
Conceit
Intellectual cleverness as a result from a unusual comparison
Connotation
Associated meaning of a word
Denotation
Literal definition of a word
Diction
A authors writing style
Didactic
Teaching morals
Euphemism
Better substitute for a offensive substitute
Extended Metaphor
Metaphor occurring frequently
Figurative Language
Writing/speech that is not literal
Figure of speech
Device to produce figurative language
Generic conventions
Traditions for each genre; helps define
Genre
Main/major category in a literary work
Homily
Involves moral or spiritual advice seriously
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Imagery
Sensory details typically with the 5 senses
Inference/Infer
Reasonable conclusions from listening
Invective
Violence through abusive language
Irony/Ironic
Contrast between what is stated and what it really means
Litotes
Something smaller or worse than it actually is
Loose sentence
The main idea comes first followed by dependent units
Metaphor
Implied comparisons of unlike things
Metonymy
A figure of speech that changes a name to another thing similar
Mood
atmosphere/aura of a work
Non-periodic sentence
The dependent units comes first followed by the main idea
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