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Allegory A story or poem that can be read on one level for its literal meaning and another for its symbolic meaning
Alliteration the repetition of a consonant sound
Allusion Reference to people and events from history, literature, the arts of other branches of culture
Anthropomorphism personification
Aphorism short statement that expresses a wise or clever observation of life
Apostrophe A technique in which a writer addresses a dead person, absent person, or inanimate object
Assonance Repetition of similar vowel sounds with different consonant sounds
Connotation associationf and emotional overtones people attach to words
Epithet descriptive word or phrase that is frequently used to characterize a person or thing
Figure of speech words or phrases that compare one thing to another like thing
Hyperbole exaggeration for effect
Imagery use of language to evoke visual pictures as well as senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, small)
Incongruity deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other
Irony discrepency between appearance and reality
Metaphor Comparing two unlike things without words of comparisions
Oxymoron Combination of words that seem to contradict each other
Metonymy figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it
Onomatopoeia words whose sounds echo their sense
Paradox statement that seems to contradict itself, but reveals a truth
Parallel Structure repeated identical or similar grammatical structures
Simile comparision of two unlike things using "like", "as", "resembles", etc.
Symbol person/place/thing/event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more than itself
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
Denouement conclusion/resolution of a story
Diction style of spealing or writing as dependent on choice of words
Created by: Rebcurran
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