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Literary Devices

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Allegory   device used to present an idea or principle that extends over an entire work  
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Allusion   reference well known place, literary or art work, famous person, or historical event  
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Analogy   extended explanation or description of something unfamiliar or difficult to explain by comparison with something familiar  
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Euphemism   mild descriptive word used instead of a possibly offensive or sexist term  
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Hyperbole   overstatement or exaggeration  
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Idiom   expression whose literal meaning is not signified by the what words suggest  
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Imagery   use of any words that evoke sensations if sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste  
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Irony   contrast between what is said or done and what is really intended to be said or done  
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Metaphor   comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as  
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Oxymoron   combines terms or ideas which usually contradict each other but still may be technically true  
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Personification   figurative language that refers to animals, ideas, or things as if they were human  
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Simile   comparison of two unlike things that use like or as  
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Symbol   object, person, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also represents a meaning beyond itself, such as quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value  
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