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Allegory

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Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary

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Allusion

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a subtle or indirect reference to another thing, text, historical period, or religious belief

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Alliteration

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the repetition of sounds at the start of a word in two or more words in close proximity

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Ambiguity

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a statement or aspect of a text that lacks a clear or singular meaning

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Analogy

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a comparison of two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

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Anecdote

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an interesting or unique personal story or account

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Anomaly

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something which deviates from what is normal or expected

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Anthropomorphism

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the act of attributing human qualities to a non-human figure

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Archetype

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a recurring idea, character, or object

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Assonance

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occurs when similar vowel sounds appear close together

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Bricolage

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modern texts that are constructed from pre-existing material, often belonging to multiple sources and text types

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Cliché

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an over-used, common expression

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Consonance

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repetition of consonants throughout a sentence or phrase

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Contrast

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the deliberate positioning of two or more objects, characters, or events who have different characteristics

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Dialect

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a form of a language spoken by a particular group of people

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Diction

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the selective choice of words and style of expression by an author

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Didactic

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any text that instructs the reader or is obviously delivering a moral message

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Disjunct

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a type of adverb that modifies a whole sentence

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Disjunction

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a conjunction that dramatically interrupts the rhythm of the sentence to introduce a contrast

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Emotive Language

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words that stir the readers’ emotions

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Enjambment

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when a sentence or phrase runs over more than one line (or stanza); used to disrupt the flow of a poem or contrast distinct images or ideas

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Euphemism

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mild expression used to replace a harsh one

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Foreshadowing

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an allusion to something that will happen later in the narrative

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Flashback

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a scene appearing in a test that occurs earlier than the main narrative

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Fragmented Sentences

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incomplete sentences used to increase tension or urgency, or to reflect the way people speak to each other; conveys notions of destruction and decay

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration

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Icons

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a single person, object, or image that represents complex ideas and feelings

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Imagery

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vivid pictures created by words; allows the reader to visualise character or setting clearly

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Imperative Voice or Mood

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the forceful use of the verb at the start of the sentence or phrase

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Incantation

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a poetic form that uses repetition, rhythm, and/or rhyme; conveys a sense of magic

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Intertextuality

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when a text makes a reference to another text

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In Media Res

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‘in the middle of things’; refers to narratives that begin in the middle of the action

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Irony

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a gap between what is said and what is meant

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Juxtaposition

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layering images or scenes to have a dramatic impact

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Sequential narrative

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a narrative that takes place in chronological order

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Metaphor

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a comparison of two objects where one becomes another; adds further layers of meaning about the object being compared

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Modality

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the certainty which a speaker employs in their language

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Motif

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a recurring symbol with a figurative meaning

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Onomatopoeia

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a word that echoes the sound it represents

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Paradox

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a statement that is self-contradictory or logically unsound; a juxtaposition of contradictory yet interrelated ideas which hold a hidden truth

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Parody

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conscious imitation for a satiric purpose

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Pathetic Fallacy

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the attribution of human emotions to objects of nature

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Personification

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human characteristics given to an inanimate object

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Perspective

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a particular way of looking at things in a text

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Pun

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an exploitation of two different meanings of a homophonic word

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Reference

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mentioning, usually unambiguously, a historical event, another author, or a set of ideas

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Repetition

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the repeating of words or syntax for emphasis or persuasion

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Satire

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a composition which ridicules in a scornful and numerous way

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Setting

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the location of a story

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Sibilance

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the repetition of soft consonant sounds; used to create a sinister or sensuous tone or mood

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Simile

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a comparison between two objects between to

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Symbolism

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when an object represents one or more complex ideas

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Syntax

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the organisation of words and phrases in a sentence, as well as their structural relations

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Theme

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the message or moral of a story

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Tone

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the way the composer or character feels; converged by word choice

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Zoomorphism

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the attribution of animal properties to non-animals

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