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Term | Definition | Examples |
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Personifaction | giving human like qualities to something that is not human. | "Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all" |
Allusion | reference to something Biblical, Mythical, or Historical. | "KKK" "What's wrong with the world" |
Retorical Question | when an author puts a question in the text that does not need to be answered (not in dialogue). | "Can you practice what you preach" |
Hyperbole | exaggeration | "I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder" |
Parallel Structure | when a phrase is repeated. | |
Diction | specific and deliberate word choice. | |
Monologue | a long speech by 1 single character. | |
Rhyming Couplet | 2 back to back lines of poetry that rhyme. | |
Dramatic Foils | ||
Foreshadowing | author gives clues or hints about something that will happen later in the story. | |
Pun | a humorous play on words. | |
Imagery | words that appeal to the 5 senses. | |
Soliloquy | ||
Metaphor | comparison without using like or as. | "Juliet is the sun" |
Alliteration | repeating of the same constant sounds at the beginning of the words. | "What's wrong with the world mama" repeating W |