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modifies a verb or anther adverb, usually ending in "ly"
e.g. danced quickly |
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The purposeful repetition of initial consonant sounds,
e.g. " Let us go forth to lead the land we love |
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| A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of are. |
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An explanation based upon a comparison that explains or discribes one subject by pointing out it similarities to another.
e.g. Birds are to feathers as dogs are to fur |
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takes the place of a noun
e.g.
I met Bob at the party. HE was telling me about HIS new friend |
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A direct contrast of structurally parallel word grouping, generally for the purpose of contrast
e.g. sink or swim |
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| Phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure meaning or length |
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| An expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing; slang |
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The set of associations that occur to people when the hear or read a word
e.g. The word Lamb = innocence, purity, sacrifice |
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Form or language spoken by people in a particular region or group
e.g. Janie, you'se yo' own woman, and Ah hope you know whut you doin' |
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| A division into two opposing parts, such as the dichotomy of the soul and body or the dichotomy of good and evil in humans |
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| word choice; to consider the vocabulary used |
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| to stray from the main subject in writing or speaking |
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| direct statement by author of a character's traits |
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| A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true. |
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Advice where being indirect replaces directness to avoid embarrassment or unpleasantness.
e.g., passed away for died, rest room for toilet |
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| Writing that is giving information, discussing ideas, or explaining a process |
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The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
e.g., a full moon |
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| A broad statement about an entire group. |
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| A deliberate exaggeration or over statement |
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A use of words, a construction peculiar to a given language or an expression that cannot be translated literally into a second language.
e.g., How do you do? |
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| The descriptive or figurative language used in literature appeal to one or more of the five senses |
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| Indirect characterization |
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| A method of characterization in which an author tells what a character looks lie, does, and says and how other characters react to him or her. It is up to the reader to draw conclusions about the character based on this indirect information |
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| the problem or struggle that takes place in the main character’s mind (person vs. self) |
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A change in the normal word order.
- the way Yoda talks (from starwars) |
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The general name give to literary techniques that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention
e.g. When an injured farmer's wife leaves him when he is at his lowest point, he responds, " You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille" |
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| confused, nonsensical, meaningless talk; usually of a particular group or activity |
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A form of understatement in which a thing is affiremed by stating the negative of this opposite.
e.g., It was not a pretty picture. |
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The same as a cumulative sentence, this sentence makes complete sense if brought to a close before its actual ending.
e.g., He lay for a quarter of an hour without thinking, lips parted, legs and arms extended, breathing quietly as he gazed at the figures in the wallpaper until they were hidden in darkness. |
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something that is said, notable in one respect or another; A saying.
e.g. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again |
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Comparison that does not use 'like or as'
e.g. He is death |
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A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
e.g.,The White House supports the bill (using White House instead of President. The President is not like the White House, but there is contiguity between them). |
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| A narration that is trying to get a point across |
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The use of words that imitate sounds
e.g., crack, jingle, clang |
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A two-word figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas.
e.g., freezing fire, wolfish lamb |
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An assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it
e.g. What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young. |
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| The repetition of a grammatical structure |
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A sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements. The effect is a kind of suspense, as the reader's attention is propelled toward the end.
e.g., While he was declaring the ardour of his passion in such terms, as but too often make vehemence pass for sincerity, Adeline, to whom this declaration, interrupted him and thanked him for the offer of a distinction, which, with a modest, but determined air, she said she much refuse. |
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| A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
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| The perspective from which a story is told. |
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| A play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike |
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| A question used for persuasion, to which the answer is obvious and usually only one answer is possible. A rhetorical question is not intended to induce a reply. |
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| A style of writing that uses humor-sometimes gentle and sometimes biting-to criticize people, ideas, or institutions in hopes of improving them. Satire doesn't simply abuse or get personal, as in sarcasm |
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A form of metaphor in which a part of something is used to stand for the whole thing
e.g., All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal |
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The concurrent response of two or more of the senses to the stimulation of one
e.g., a loud shirt or a blue note |
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A type of irony in which words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.
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