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| Simile | A figure of speech used to compare two unlike things using like, as, or than.
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| Slang | Informal words or phrases used by a particular group of people.
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| Symbol | A concrete object used to represent an idea.
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| Synecdoche | Using part of something to represent the whole.
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| Understatement | The opposite of exaggeration. By using calm language, an author can bring special attention to an object or idea.
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| Alliteration | The repetition of the same beginning sound of several words in a sentence.
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| Allusion | A reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event—music, mythology, biblical, art, etc.
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| Anacoluthon | Lack of grammatical sequence; a change in grammatical construction within the same sentence.
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| Anadiplosis(“doubling back”) | Repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause and begins the next clause.
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| Analogy | A comparison of ideas or objects that are completely different but are alike in one important way.
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| Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
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| Anecdote | A brief story used to make a point.
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| Antistrophe | Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
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| Antithesis | Using opposite ideas to emphasize a point.
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| Apostrophe | A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.
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| Archaism | Use of an older or obsolete form.
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| Assonance | Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other.
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| Asyndeton | Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
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| Colloquialism | A common word or phrase suitable for ordinary, everyday conversation but not for formal speech or writing.
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| Exaggeration | An overstatement or stretching of the truth to emphasize a point.
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| Flashback | A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier time or event for the purpose of making something in the present more clear.
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| Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about what will happen next in a story.
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| Hyperbole | Exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
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| Irony | A word or phrase in which the author says one thing but means just the opposite.
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| Juxtaposition | Putting two words or ideas close together to create a contrasting of ideas or ironic meaning.
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| Litotes | Understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed.
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| Local Color | The use of details that are common to a certain place.
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| Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by saying or implying that one thing is the other.
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| Overstatement | Substitution of one word for another that it suggests.
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| Oxymoron | An exaggeration or a stretching of the truth.
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| Paradox | Connecting two words with opposite meanings.
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| Parallelism | A true statement that says two opposite things.
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| Personification | A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics.
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| Polysyndeton | The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses.
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| Pun | A phrase that uses words that sound the same in a way that gives them a funny effect.
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| Sensory Details | Details that are experienced through the senses to help the reader see, feel, smell, touch, hear, and taste what is being described.
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| Anecdote | A brief story used to make a point.
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| Antistrophe | Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
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| Antithesis | Using opposite ideas to emphasize a point.
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| Apostrophe | A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.
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| Archaism | Use of an older or obsolete form.
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| Assonance | Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other.
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| Asyndeton | Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
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| Colloquialism | A common word or phrase suitable for ordinary, everyday conversation but not for formal speech or writing.
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| Exaggeration | An overstatement or stretching of the truth to emphasize a point.
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| Flashback | A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier time or event for the purpose of making something in the present more clear.
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| Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about what will happen next in a story.
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| Hyperbole | Exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
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| Irony | A word or phrase in which the author says one thing but means just the opposite.
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| Juxtaposition | Putting two words or ideas close together to create a contrasting of ideas or ironic meaning.
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| Litotes | Understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed.
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| Local Color | The use of details that are common to a certain place.
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| Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by saying or implying that one thing is the other.
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| Overstatement | An exaggeration or a stretching of the truth.
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| Oxymoron | Connecting two words with opposite meanings.
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| Paradox | Connecting two words with opposite meanings.
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| Parallelism | Repeating similar grammatical structures—words, phrases, or sentences—to give writing rhythm.
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| Personification | A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics.
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| Polysyndeton | The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses.
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| Pun | A phrase that uses words that sound the same in a way that gives them a funny effect.
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| Sensory Details | Details that are experienced through the senses to help the reader see, feel, smell, touch, hear, and taste what is being described.
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| Metonymy | Substitution of one word for another that it suggests.
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