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| A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like", "as", "than", "resembles". |
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| A direct comparison of two unlike things. |
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| A comparison of two unlike things that is developed over several lines of poetry, sentences, or an entire work. |
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| A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. |
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| A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well. |
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| A contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant. |
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| When what occurs is very different from what was expected to happen. |
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| when the audience or the reader knows something a character does not know |
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| A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of people. |
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| language that appeals to the senses |
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