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Gustatory imagery

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imagery related to taste,evoking flavours or sensations ,often to create a vivid sensory experience.

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Tactile imagery

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imagery focused on touch,including textures,temperatures

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Olfactory imagery

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imagery that appeals to the sense of smell

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Idyllic imagery

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imagery that idealises scenes,often of nature or pastoral life to create harmony or nostalgia

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Grotesque imagery

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imagery that combines unnatural or repellent aspects with the familiar to evoke discomfort or horror

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Visceral imagery

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imagery that appeals to raw, bodily responses,often descriptions of physical sensations

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Morbid imagery

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imagery centred around death or decay, evoking themes of mortality

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Pastoral imagery

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imagery portraying rural or natural scenes, to highlight simplicity

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Surreal imagery

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imagery that combines dreamlike or irrational elements, creating a sense of the uncanny reality

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Metasymbolism

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symbols within symbols or symbolic layers that add deeper often hidden meaning

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Archetypal symbolism

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the use of universal symbols or archetypes to connect with universal human experiences

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Microcosmic symbolism

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small, contained elements representing universal themes or societal structure

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Dialectical symbolism

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symbolism that arises from opposing concepts or contrasting images

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Somatic symbolism

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symbols related to the body or physical form that communicates abstract ideas or social constructs

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Liminal symbolism

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symbols that represent transitional states suggesting transformations or existential change

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Epimone

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persistent repetition of a phrase or question often to create urgency or emotional intensity.

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Polypopton

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repetition of the same root word in different forms

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Isocolon

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repetition of phrases or clauses with similar length and structure creating rhythm and balance

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Anadiplosis

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repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause

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Epanadiplosis

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repetition of a word at both the beginning and end of a clause

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Epizeuxis

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immediate repetition of a word or phrase, often for strong emphasis or emotional effect

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Parataxis

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clauses or phrases placed side-by-side without conjunctions

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Hypotaxis

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uses subordinating conjunctions to link clauses, showing relationships

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Asyndenton listing

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repetition of conjunctions between clauses,creating a fast paced effect

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Polysyndenton
use of multiple conjunctions, creating a sense of abundance
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Inverted syntax
reversing normal word order to emphasise a part of the sentence
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Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
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Tricolon
A series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses
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Declarative Sentence
A sentence that makes a statement
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Interrogative sentence
A sentence that asks a question
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Imperative sentence
A sentence used to command or request
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Appositive
A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.
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Parenthesis
inserting additional information within a sentence often set off by dashes, commas
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Fragment
an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence
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Synechdoche
Using a part to represent the whole idea or object
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Apostrophe
directly addressing an absent person, idea or inanimate object
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Anthropomorphism
Attribution human characteristics directly to animals
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Hyperbaton
unusual or inverted word order to emphasise certain words or phrases
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Paradox
a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth
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Antithesis
juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases
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Conceit
an extended metaphor with a complex comparison throughout a passage or poem
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Euphemism
a milder word substituted for one considered harsher or more blunt
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Hypophora
asking a question and then immediately answering it
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Allegory
a literary work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas relating to morals, politics or religion
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Anecdote
a short and interesting story, or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate a point
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Antithesis
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
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Archetype
a typical example of something, or the original model of something from which others are copied
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Assonance
the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds close together
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Caricature
a highly exaggerated representation of a character in a text, often for comic effect
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Cartharsis
the release of strong or repressed emotions, usually by an audience
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Enjambment
the continuing of a sentence from one line of a poem into the next line
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Ethos
an argument that appeals to an audience's morality by highlighting the speaker's credibility or trustworthiness
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Euphemism
a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word
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Figurative language
the use of non-literal phrases or words to elicit an emotional response from a reader or audience
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Idiom
a short expression or phrase that means something more than just its literal meaning
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Logos
an argument that appeals to someone's sense of reason
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Metaphor
a figure of speech that refers to something by using a word that describes its qualities or is closely associated with it
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Omniscient narrator
a narrator who is all-knowing about plot,characters, as well as characters' motivations and emotions
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Paradox
a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time
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Parallelism
where similar ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording
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Pathos
an appeal to an audience's emotion, often evoking pity,sadness or tenderness
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Prolepsis
where the order of events in a narrative is disrupted so that a future plot point is told earlier in the narrative than it actually occurs
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Refrain
a word, line or phrase repeated in a poem
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Satire
the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticise people's stupidity or vices
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Soliloquy
a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone on the stage (or while under the impression of being alone)
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Trope
an idea, phrase or image that is recurrent in a writer's work
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