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The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
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The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumable commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.
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The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.
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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
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The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
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The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.
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A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.
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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
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The emotional nod created by the enitrety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.
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A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics.
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A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.
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The use of slang or in formalities in speech or writing.
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A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.
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The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.
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The strict, literal, dictionary of definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
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Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness or effectiveness.
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From the Greek, didactic literally mean "teaching"
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From the Greek for "good speech" euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
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A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
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Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.
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A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things.
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This term describes traditions for each genre.
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The major category into which a literary work fits.
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This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.
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A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
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The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.
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To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.
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an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
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The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.
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A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite
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A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.
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A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.
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A term from the Greek meaning "changing label" or "substitute name," metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
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The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work.
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The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
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A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in sounds of words.
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a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
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A statement that appears to be self - contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.
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The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
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A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
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An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish
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A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.
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A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.
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The perspective from which a story is told.
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One of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms.
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The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
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Describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.
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Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.
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Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.
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A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
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The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.
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Evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes and classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors.
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The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it.
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contains both a subject and a verb but the subordinate clause cannot stand alone.
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A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.
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Anything that represents itself and stands for something else.
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A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part.
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When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another.
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The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
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The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.
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The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position.
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Describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both.
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A word or phrase that links different ideas.
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The ironic minimalizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than is it.
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Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights.
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