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| Repetition | The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.
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| Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
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| Contrast | Point out and emphasize the differences.
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| Humor | The quality that makes something laughable or amusing.
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| Emphasis | Making a section or idea stand out.
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| Allusion | A reference to another literary work.
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| Parody | A literary work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or work for comic effect or ridicule.
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| Persuasion | The act of persuading.
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| Argument | A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce believe, or convince the mind.
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| Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis.
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| Euphemism | A lighter way of presenting a dark topic.
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| Irony | The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
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| Comic Relief | A humorous or farcical interlude in a serious literary work.
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| Simile | The comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
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| Metaphor | The comparison of two things NOT using "like" or "as".
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| Verbal Irony | The use of language to express the opposite of its meaning.
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| Satire | A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony or wit.
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| Allegory | A form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself.
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| Fable | A short story (often with animal characters).
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| Epic | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language.
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| Metonymy | Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself. "We have always remained loyal to the crown."
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| Apostrophe | Rhetorical term for breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing.
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| Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
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| Couplet | A verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought.
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| Climax | A moment of great intensity
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| Point of View | 1st person, 3rd person, 3rd person omniscient, third person limited, objective.
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| Stanza | A section of poetry.
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| Foreshadowing | The act of providing vague advance indications.
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| Symbol | An object or idea that stands for something else.
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| Onomatopoeia | Using words that imitate the sound they denote. "The cow mooed".
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| Soliloquy | A speech you make to yourself.
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| Aside | A speech that no one else can hear.
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| Anachronism | The representation of someone as existing or something happening in other than chronological, proper order.
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| Blank Verse | Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter).
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| Free Verse | Unrhymed verse withought a consistent metrical pattern.
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| Sonnet | A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes.
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| Quatrain | A stanza or poem of four lines.
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