Literary Devices

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A deliberate exaggeration for effect.

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Hyperbole

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A writer's reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence.

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Repetition

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A work where characters, events, or settings symbolize something else.

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Allegory

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Informal, conversational language; a word or expression common in a specific language or region.

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Colloquialism

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Anything that represents itself and something else.

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Symbol

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A figure of speech where one thing is described as another.

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Metaphor

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art, music, or literature.

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Allusion

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Figurative language that creates word images.

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Imagery

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Difference between appearance and reality. Three types: Dramatic __________, Verbal __________, Situational __________.

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Irony