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a story in which characters, events,
and places stand for ideas, qualities, or other
events. The overall purpose is to teach a moral
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the repetition of the same
consonant sound at the beginning of a word.
Example: the repetition of b sounds in Keats's
"beaded bubbles winking at the brim" ("Ode to a
Nightingale") or Coleridge's "five miles
meandering in a mazy motion ("Kubla Khan"). |
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a reference to a well-known character,
place, or situation from history, music, art, or
another work of literature. The writer assumes
the reader will recognize the reference. |
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| a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g., bad and good ). |
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