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-a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
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The use of allegory in the film was obvious, with each character representing an abstract idea.
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Allegory
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-the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
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as in apt alliteration's artful aid.
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Alliteration
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-a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
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an allusion to Shakespeare.
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Allusion
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-doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
Ex:
to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
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Ambiguity
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-a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
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the analogy between the heart and a pump.
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Analogy
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a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence
Ex:
In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it.
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Antecedent
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the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas
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“Give me liberty or give me death.”
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Antithesis
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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
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as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
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Aphorism
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a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
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as “O Death, where is thy sting?”
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Apostrophe
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a surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence
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an atmosphere of impending war; a very tense atmosphere
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Atmosphere
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a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things
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His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
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Caricature
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a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
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as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
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Chiasmus
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a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence
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Clause
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characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing
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Colloquial
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an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, esp. of a strained or far-fetched nature.
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Conceit
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the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaningEx:A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”
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Connotation
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a word that names or signifies something specificEx:“Wind” is the denotation for air in natural motion. “Poodle” is the denotation for a certain breed of dog.
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Denotation
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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of wordsEx:good diction.
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Diction
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intended for instruction; instructiveEx:didactic poetry.
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Didactic
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or bluntEx:“To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”
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Euphemism
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a metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideasEx:
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Extended Metaphor
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speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speechEx:
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Figurative Language
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any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect.Ex:
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Figure of Speech
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the features shown by texts that allow them to be put into a specific genre.Ex:
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Generic Conventions
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a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the likeEx:he genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.
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Genre
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