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Allegory
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n. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms;...
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Alliteration
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n. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter EX: apt alliteration's...
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Allusion
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n. a metaphor; parable
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Ambiguity
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n. an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning
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Analogy
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n. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
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Antecedent
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adj. prior, preceding
n. a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc.
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Antithesis
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n. opposition; contrast
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Aphorism
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n. a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt,...
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Apostrothe
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the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word
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Atmosphere
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n. the dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel
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Caricature
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n. a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons...
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Chiasmus
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a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He...
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Clause
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n. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence...
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Colloquialism
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n. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal...
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Conceit
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n. the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, esp. in poetry.
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Connotation
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n. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit...
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Denotation
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n. the act or fact of denoting; indication
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Diction
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n. style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
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Didactic
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n. inclined to teach or lecture others too much EX: a boring, didactic speaker.
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Euphemism
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n. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive,...
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Extended Metaphor
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n. a metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons...
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Figurative Language
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n. speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect...
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Figure of Speech
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n. any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in...
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Generic Conventions
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specific genres
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Genre
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n. paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter
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