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| The central idea or message that the story in a work of literture, not to be confused with the subject. |
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| When an author uses an item to represent a larger concept of idea; something stands for something else. |
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| An expression of a writer's attitude toward a subject. |
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Giving human qualities to animals, nature, or objects.
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| A comparison in which one thing is said to be another without using the words "like" or "as". |
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| A comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as". |
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The repetition (repeat) of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
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A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa. |
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| The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses. Writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste. |
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| An exaggeration that puts a picture into the "reader" mind. |
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"Your name is like a golden bell, hung in my heart; and when I think of you, I tremble..."
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"It is my voice, mine, my own, that makes you tremble there in the green gloom."
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"If you let fall upon me one hard word, out of that height - you crush me!"
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"...you shall find, this new-born babe...an infant...Hercules!"
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"Night, making all things dimly beautiful, one veil over us both - you only see the darkness of a long cloak in the gloom..."
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"Through the warm summer gloom, they grope in darkness toward the light of you.""
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