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Alliteration

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Reposition of consonant sounds. Or any vowel sound in succession or closely associated words or syllables

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Allusion

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Reference in a work of literature to a character place or situation from another work of literature music or art often from mythology or the bible

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables but without repeated following consonants.

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Metaphor

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An implied comparisons of two unlike things stated directly

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Simile

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An expressed comparison of two unlike things using the words like as or than

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Onomatopoeia

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Words which imitate or produce natural sounds

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Personification

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The giving of human qualities to inanimate objects or abstractions

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Foreshadowing

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The use of clues by an author that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story of drama

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Aside

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A dramatic convention in which a character turns “aside” to speak a few words directly to the audience or to another character, but is not suppose to be heard by others on stage

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Anachronism

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An event or detail that is chronologically out of proper time in history

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Irony

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Contrast between what is said and what is actually meant. Or opposite of what is expected happens. Or audience has info that characters don’t.

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Pun

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Humorous play on words using either two or more different meanings of the same word or two or more words that are spelled and pronounced somewhat the same but mean different things.

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Soliloquy

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A dramatic conversation in which a character makes an extended speech while alone on stage

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Symbol

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Any object person place or action which maintains its meaning while at the same time standing for something larger than itself

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Style

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Writers characteristic way of writing

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Tone

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Attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader of a work of literature

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Figures of Speech

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Describe one thing in terms of another, very different things.

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Plain style

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A way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression

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Archaic

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Words what are unused in modern times.

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Inverted syntax

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Sentence structure is reversed from what is expected

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Hyperbole

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Over exaggeration

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Inference

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Educated guess

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Aphorism

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Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

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Satirize

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Using humor to mock and criticize the way things are

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Persuasion

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Form of discourse that uses logical and emotional phrases to convince someone to think or act in a certain way.

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Paradox

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A statement that appears self contradictory bit reveals some kind of truth.

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Parallelism

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Repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.

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Anti thesis

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Kind of parallelism in which 2 opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures.

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Pathos

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Appealing to emotion

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Lothos

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Appealing to mind or logic

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Ethos

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Appealing to ethnic

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Refrain

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Repeated lines

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End rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

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Internal rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs within the lines

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Meter

A

Stressed an unstressed syllables (regular pattern)

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Figures of Speech

A

Describe one thing in terms of another, very different things.

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Plain style

A

A way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression

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Archaic

A

Words what are unused in modern times.

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Inverted syntax

A

Sentence structure is reversed from what is expected

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Hyperbole

A

Over exaggeration

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Inference

A

Educated guess

42
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Aphorism

A

Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

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Satirize

A

Using humor to mock and criticize the way things are

44
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Persuasion

A

Form of discourse that uses logical and emotional phrases to convince someone to think or act in a certain way.

45
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Paradox

A

A statement that appears self contradictory bit reveals some kind of truth.

46
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Parallelism

A

Repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.

47
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Anti thesis

A

Kind of parallelism in which 2 opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures.

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Pathos

A

Appealing to emotion

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Lothos

A

Appealing to mind or logic

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Ethos

A

Appealing to ethnic

51
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Refrain

A

Repeated lines

52
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End rhyme

A

Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

53
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Internal rhyme

A

Rhyme that occurs within the lines

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Meter

A

Stressed an unstressed syllables (regular pattern)

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