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Allegory (Latin/Greek)

/noun/

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A story,poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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Alliteration (Latin)/noun/

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Allusion (Latin) /noun/

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Ambiguity (Latin) noun

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The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

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Analogy(Latin/Greek) noun/

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A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

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Antithesis (Greek/Latin)

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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

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Colloquial (Latin)

/adjective/

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(Of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation;not formal or literary

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Connotation (Medieval Latin) /noun/

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An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Denotation (late Latin)

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The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

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Diction (Latin)

/noun/

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

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Extended Metaphor (old French)
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A metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of literary work,especially a poem

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Figurative language (Late Latin)
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Language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors

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Figure of speech (Various)

/noun/

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A word or phase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect

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Genre (French,English)

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A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature characterized by similarities in form,style,or subject matter

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Imagery (Old French)

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Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

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Inference/infer (Medieval Latin)

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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Irony/ironical (Greek)

/noun/

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The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

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Personification (French)

/noun/

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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Point of view (French/Latin)

/noun/

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A particular attitude or way of considering a matter

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Prose (Latin)

/noun/

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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

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Repetition (Latin)

/noun/

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The action of repeating something that has already been said or written

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Satire (Latin)

/noun/

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The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

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Semantics (Greek)

/noun/

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The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. There are a number of branches and subbranches of semantics, including formal semantics, which studies the logical aspects of meaning, such as sense, reference, implication, and logical form, lexical semantics, which studies word meanings and word relations, and conceptual semantics, which studies the cognitive structure of meaning

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Symbolism (Greek)

/noun/

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Theme (Greek)

/noun/

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The subject of talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic

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Thesis (Greek)

/noun/

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A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved

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Tone (Greek)

/noun/

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The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

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Transition (Latin)

/noun/

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The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

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Voice (Latin)

/noun/

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The individual writing style of an author

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