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| Using characters and/or story elements sybolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning. |
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| Repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. |
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| Direct or indirect reference to something commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Can be historical, literary, religious, or mythical. |
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| The mulitiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. |
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| Similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. |
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| Word phase or cluase refered to by a pronoun. |
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| A small statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. |
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| Figure of speech that directly adresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction. |
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| The emotional mood created by setting and authors choice of words. |
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Gramatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.
- Independent Clause: "Main" expresses complete thought and can stand alone in a sentence.
- Dependent Clause: "Subordinate" cannot stand alone and must be accompanied by an Independant Clause.
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| Use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not acceptable in formal writing. |
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| A fanciful expresion, in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |
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