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Imagery use of words appealing to senses
Verbal Irony saying the opposite of what you mean
Situational Irony discrepancy between what is and what shouls be
Dramatic Irony speaker means different from author; audience knows what character doesn't
Metaphor comparing 2 seemingly unlike things for dramatic effect
Simile comparison using like or as
Allusion well known reference
Symbol object suggests idea
Apostrophe addresses person not present
Personification human qualities to nonhuman
Metonomy substitute symbol for whole
Synecdoche part for whole
Oxymoron alignment of opposites (compact paradox)
Double Entendre purposeful ambiguity (pun)
Paradox seemingly contradictory statement with underlying truth
Anti Thesis balancing contrasting ideas (rel. to paradox...often ironic)
Litotes a form of understatement (saying the opposite of what we mean) often ironic or affirmative by using negative
Milosis understatement minimizing for effect
Hyperbole overstatement exaggeration for effect often ironic
Literal Statement words taken at face value
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