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The use of words that are harsh or dissonant in sound

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Cacophony

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A speaker or writers directly addressing an absent person, abstraction, or inanimate object

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Apostrophe

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A type of comparison that draws a striking parallel between two dissimilar things

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Conceit

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The use of words whose sounds are pleasant and musical to the ear

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Euphony

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An artful deviation from the literal speech or normal word order

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Figurative language

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Descriptive words or phrase that appeals to the sense perception in order to creat an impression

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Imagery

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Is the state or implied equivalence of two things

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Metaphor

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The ____ of a metaphor is the original subject being described

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Tenor

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The _____ of a metaphor in witch the tenor is baring comparison to

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Vehicle

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An _______ _________ is a metaphor in witch the tenor remains unstated

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Implied metaphor

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An _______ ________ is a metaphor that is developed beyond a single sentence or comparison

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Extended metaphor

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An _______ is a complex type of extended metaphor

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Allegory

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Expression in witch a related thing stands for the thing itself

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Metonymy

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Stemming contradiction

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Paradox

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Similarity in the structure of 2 or more phrases, clauses, or sentences

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Parallelism

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Gives human characteristics to something not human

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Personification

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A play on words that are identical or similar in sound in sound but different in meaning

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Pun

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The act of creating patterns by repeating not only sound but also words line meters or syntax

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Repetition

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Type of metaphor using words using words: like, as, as if

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Simile

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Expression in witch a part stands for the whole

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Synecdoche

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A recurring or emerging idea in a work of literature

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Theem

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