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| show | several consecutive/neighboring words with the same sound
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| show | refrence to mythological, literary, or historical person, place or clause for the purpose of contrast. ex: "he met his Waterloo"
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| antithesis | show 🗑
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| show | form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate
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| assonance | show 🗑
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| diction | show 🗑
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| show | ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word(s)
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| show | a scene that interrupst the action of a work to show a previous event
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| show | a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for special effects
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| verbal irony | show 🗑
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| situational irony | show 🗑
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| dramatic irony | show 🗑
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| metaphor | show 🗑
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| show | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. ("the white house issued a statement today")
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| mood | show 🗑
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| show | telling of story
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| onomatopoeia | show 🗑
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| show | form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression
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| show | kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects human characteristics
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| show | sequence of events/actions in literature
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| point of view | show 🗑
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| protagonist | show 🗑
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| show | stands directly opposed to main character
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| show | play on words that are identical or similar in sound byt have sharply diverse meanings.ex; " A pun is its own reword."
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| repetition | show 🗑
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| rhyme | show 🗑
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| simile | show 🗑
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| style | show 🗑
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| show | quality of literature that makes reader uncertain/tense about outcome of events
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| show | a poetic and rhetorical device in which normally associated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to each other
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| anachronism | show 🗑
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| show | a comparison that explains or describes one subject by pointing out its similarities to another subject
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| anaphora | show 🗑
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| show | Brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. It is told to entertain or make a point
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| aphorism | show 🗑
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| show | an expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing
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| show | the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group. Refers to pronunciation, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Also known as "local color."
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| show | a sudden understanding or realization, which prior to this was not thought of or understood
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| show | an adjective or other descriptive phrase that is generally used to characterize a person, place, or thing
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| show | a device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid unpleasantness
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| show | a change from one tone, attitude, ect. Look for key words like but, however, even though, although, yet, and so on.
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| show | saying less than is actually meant, generally in an ironic way.
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| show | a language style adopted bt an author to create the effect of a particular speaker
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