Literary terms
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| show | a comparison of two unlike things without the usage of the words like or as
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| show | a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
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| show | repeated use of the same sound at the beginning of each word
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| hyperbole | show 🗑
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| show | a scene that takes the reader back in time from the current period
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| show | a figure of speech that makes reference to a person, event, work of art, etc.
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| show | an over-used expression, idea or element of artistic work that is used so much that it loses its original intention or effect
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| jargon | show 🗑
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| onomatopoeia | show 🗑
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| omniscient | show 🗑
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| first person | show 🗑
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| show | the narrator tells the story to another character using 'you'
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| show | the narrator assumes the position of an observer, completely detached from the narrative
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| show | when the narrator is removed from the story (he, she, they, him, her)
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| show | when the narrator knows all
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| show | contradictory terms used in conjunction (jumbo shrimp)
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| personification | show 🗑
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| symbolism | show 🗑
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| foreshadowing | show 🗑
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| show | a partial perspective at the expense (possibly equally valid) of alternatives in argument... a one sided point of view/perspective
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| conversational style | show 🗑
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| show | a statement that contains less strength than expected
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| irony | show 🗑
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| show | when vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, with the intent of shaming society or individuals as a way to encourage change or improvement
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| juxtaposition | show 🗑
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| show | a statement or a phrase that seems to contradict itself but reveals a kind of truth
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| show | an attempt to influence or change someone's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, or behaviors
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| show | when the subject is specialized to things such as computer applications, medical procedures, regulations and it may tell you how to do something
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| show | in poetry, it is the repetition of a sounds, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern
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| show | the repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most often at the end of a line of a poem or song
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