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| The underlying meaning or message of a literary text as implied or indicated by it's script or text. |
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| The attitude a writer takes towards the subject or his audience. |
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| A writer or speaker's choice of words. |
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| The basic, literal meaning of the word (the "dictionary definition"). |
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| The emotional implications and associations that words may carry. |
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| Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses. |
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| Language that describes one thing in terms of another. |
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| Language that is matter-of-fact without exaggeration or inaccuracy. |
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| A comparison of unlike things in which the qualities of one are ascribed to the other without the use of like or as. |
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| A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. |
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| A metaphor that describes something non-human as if it were human. |
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| Terms that refer to objects or events and are available to the senses. |
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| Terms that refer to ideas or concepts and have no physical referents. |
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| A metaphor in which the overall image intended is communicated through the use of the series of individual yet connected metaphors extended over two or more comparisons. |
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| A metaphor in which one of the two unlike things that is being compared is not specifically mentioned, but instead is hinted at or implied through the context of the imagery intended. |
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