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Comparisons
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This term has this definition: A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
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This term has this definition: A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
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This term has this definition: An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
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This term has this definition: The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
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This term has this definition: A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
Sound Devices
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This term has this definition: Rhyming verse.
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This term has this definition: The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
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This term has this definition: The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds, usually in literature or poetry.
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This term has this classroom definition: The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the ends of nearby words.
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This term has this definition: The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
Story Signals
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This term has this definition: An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
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This term has this definition: the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
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This term has this definition: A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
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This term has this definition: A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
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This term has this definition: Synonym of foreshadow; specifically, a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
Meaning Below
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This term has this definition: Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
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This term has this definition: Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
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This term has this definition: A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor.
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This term has this definition: The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
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This term has this definition: A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Style and Description
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This term has this definition: The use of a word or phrase to replace another one that is more offensive, blunt or vulgar.
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This term has this definition: Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
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This term has this definition: A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
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This term has this definition: Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
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This term has this definition: A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.
Voice and Structure
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This term has this definition: The perspective from which a narrative is related.
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This term has this definition: The person or the 'voice' whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
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This term has this classroom definition: The feeling or atmosphere a literary work creates for the reader.
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This term has this classroom definition: A central message or insight about life developed through a literary work.
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This term has this definition: The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction, connotation, emotiveness, and register.
