a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. (character represents something else)
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Allusion
Indirect reference to an object that is not related to the context of the situation
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Ambiguity
A word or phrase that can mean more than one thing.
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Analogue
similar or comparable in certain respects "gills of a fish are like lungs of a human"
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Analogy
A comparison between two similar things, typically for the purpose of explaining or clarifying. "Life is like a box of chocolates"
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Anecdote
short account of an event
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Aphorism
A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation or reveals a general truth.
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Apostrophe
addressing an absent or imaginary person
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Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity "Go slow over the road"
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Cacophony/Euphony
Cacophony: harsh unpleasant words Euphony: harmonious words
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Caesura
a strong pause within a line of verse
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Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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Consonnance
the repetition of consonant sounds in proximity to eachother
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Denotation
the literal meaning of a word
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Imagery
Description that appeals to the senses and is visually desciptive
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Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality "when you walk in an empty place and say its so crowded"
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Paradox
a statement that seems contradictory but may be true "chicken or the egg"
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Pathetic Fallacy
The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry cloud
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Point of View/Narration
who the story is told from, 1st 2nd or 2rd person
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Pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word "a boiled egg is hard to beat"
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Rhetorical Question
A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer
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Satire
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity
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Soliliquoy
a speech that a character makes while alone on stage.
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Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
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Symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else
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Synecdoche
a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa for ex, "new wheels = new car"
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Theme
Central idea of a work of literature
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Tone
An attitude towards something by the author
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Understatement
the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
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Diction
a writer's choice of words
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Colloquilism
informal speech
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Jargon
distinct/special words most people don't know
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Epigraph
a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme
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Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
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Foil
A character who acts as a contrast to another character
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Foreshadowing
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
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Hyperbole
exaggeration
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Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
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Metonymy
substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ( eg, the crown is the queen or king)
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Mood
How the reader feels about the text while reading.
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Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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Personification
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
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Onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds "cat meowed"
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Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms "awfully good"
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Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
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