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Literary Devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegory | A device used to present an idea or principle that extends over an entire work. |
| Allusion | A reference to well-known place, literary or art work, famous person or historical event. |
| Analogy | An extended explanation or description of something unfamiliar or difficult to explain by comparison with something familiar. |
| Euphemism | A mild descriptive word used instead of a possibly offensive or sexist term. |
| Hyperlobe | The use of overstatement or exaggeration. |
| Idiom | An expression whose literal meaning is not signified by what the words suggests. |
| Imagery | The use of any words that evoke sensations of sight, hearing, touch, smell or taste. |
| Irony | A contrast between what is said or done and what is really intended to be said or done. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as. |
| Oxymoron | Combines terms or ides which usually contradict each other but still may be technically true. |
| Personfication | Figurative language that refers to animals, ideas or things as if they were human. |
| simile | Comparison of two unlike things using like or as. |
| Symbol | An object, person, place or action that has a meaning in itself and that also represents a meaning beyond itself, such as a quality, a belief or an attitude or a value. |
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gunter.morris
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