Quiz 1 Flashcards
1
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Allegory
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The device using character or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning
2
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Allusion
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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known
3
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Alliteration
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Repetition of sounds. Can reinforce meaning unify ideas or echo the sense of passage
4
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Analogy
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A similarity or comparison btw. 2 different things or relationship between them
- explains something unfamiliar by pointing out similarities to something familiar
5
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Ambiguity
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The multiple meanings, either in/unintentional, or a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
