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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