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literary Element

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SIMILIE A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT MAKES A COMPARIOSN LIKE OR AS
METAPHOR ONT THING IS ANOTHER, SOMETHING IS SOMETHING ELSE
HYPERBOLE EXAGGERATION OF IDEAS FOR THE SAKE OF EMPHASIS
PERSONIFICATION gIVEN NON HUMAN OBJECTS HUMAN ABILITIES
SITUATIONAL IRONY WHEN THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS EXPECTED HAPPENS
DRAMTATIC IRONY WHEN THE READER KNOWS MORE THAN THE CHARACTER
ALLEGORY FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH ABSTRACT IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF CHARACTERS, GIGURES AND EVENTS
ALLITERATION A BREIEF AND INDIRECT REFERENCE TO A PERSON, PLACE THING OR IDEA OF HISOTRICAL, CULTURAL LITERARY OR POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE
CONFLICT THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES USUALLY A PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST
CONNOTATION THE SECONDARY, IMPLIED MEANING OF A WORD OR PHRASE
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