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14610087942AllegoryThe device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning (dark symbolism)0
14610090802Allusionreference to something which is presumably commonly known1
14610095907AnalogyExplaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple (similes and metaphors can be used to develop an analogy)2
14610101468AnecdoteA short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.3
14610104322ConceitA fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy4
14610106385Extended MetaphorA metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.5
14610107379Imagerydescriptive language6
14610109242Metaphora direct comparison between two different things making them equal; something is something else7
14610111205Oxymorontwo words that contradict each other8
14610111926ParadoxA statement that appears self-contradictory, but contains some truth9
14610114475Personificationgiving human characteristics to non-human things or ideas10
14610116932Similecomparing two things using like or as11
14610118382Symbolanything that represents something larger12
14610119891Synesthesiaone kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another13
14610121444Themecentral idea or message in a work of literature14

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