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a story in which characters, events, and places stand for ideas, qualities, or other events. The overall purpose is to teach a moral lesson. |
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the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a word. Example: the repetition of b sounds in Keats's "beaded bubbles winking at the brim" ("Ode to a Nightingale") or Coleridge's "five miles meandering in a mazy motion ("Kubla Khan"). |
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a reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another work of literature. The writer assumes the reader will recognize the reference. |
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a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g., bad and good ). |
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