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summer literary terms for mrs. smiddy

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show the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences  
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show a highly personal manner of writing in which the author presents materials as they appear to an individual temperament at a precise moment and from a particular vantage point rather than as they are presumed to be in actuality  
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Rationalism   show
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Slang   show
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Alliteration   show
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Caesura   show
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show a type of metaphor (trope) in which a part signifies a whole or a whole signifies a part  
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show such an arrangement that one element of equal importance with another is similarly developed and phrased  
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show a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event  
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Fallacy   show
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show the subjective impression of pleasing sounds  
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show a pattern in which the second part is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed  
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show confused speech, resulting particularly from the mingling of several languages or dialects; also the special language of a group or profession  
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show fidelity to actuality in its representation; striving to present reality as it truly is  
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Transcendentalism   show
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show a comparison between two things in which one thing becomes the other  
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Romanticism   show
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Anaphora   show
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Impressionism   show
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Rationalism   show
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show a vernacular speech, not accepted as suitable for highly formal usage, though much used in conversation  
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show repetition of consonant sounds in words close together  
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show a pause or break in a line of verse  
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Synecdoche   show
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show such an arrangement that one element of equal importance with another is similarly developed and phrased  
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Anecdote   show
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Fallacy   show
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Euphony   show
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show a pattern in which the second part is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed  
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show confused speech, resulting particularly from the mingling of several languages or dialects; also the special language of a group or profession  
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Realism   show
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Transcendentalism   show
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show a comparison between two things in which one thing becomes the other  
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show also termed "liberalism in literature," meaning especially the freeing of the artist and writer from restraints and rules and emphasizing individualism  
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