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THE DEVICE OF USING CHARACTER AND/OR STORY ELEMENTS SYMBOLICALLY TO REPRESENT AND ABSTACTION 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 PRESUMABLY COMMONLY KNOWN, SUCH AS AN EVENT, BOOK, MYTH |
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| THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS, EITHER INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, OF A WORD, PHRASE, SENTENCE OF 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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| 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 ABSTACTION, SUCH AS LIBERTY OR LOVE |
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| THE EMOTIONAL NOD CREATED BY THE ENTIRETY 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 GRAMMATICAL UNIT THAT CONTAINS BOTH A SUBJECT AND A VERB |
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| THE USE OF SLANG OR INFORMALITIES 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 NONLITERAL, ASSOCIATIVE MEANING OF A WORD(THE IMPLIED, SUGGESTED MEANING) |
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