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Using character/story elements symbolically to represent abstraction plus literal meaning.
Usually deals with moral truth or generalization about human existence |
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Repetition of sounds, especially with consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, and/or supply a musical sound. |
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A direct or indirect reference to something commonly known.
(Event, book, myth, etc.) |
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| Multiple meanings, intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. |
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A similarity of comparison between two different things, or a relationship between two things
Helps to explain something that's unfamiliar |
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The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
AP Test asks for antecedent of a pronoun in a long complex, or group of sentences. |
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| A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. |
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Figure of speech that directly addresses an imaginary person or personified abstraction.
(Liberty, love, etc) |
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Emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work establish by an author's choice of objects that are described
Weather can contribute
Frequently foreshadows events |
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Contains both a subject and a verb
Independent or dependent |
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