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| 6018848990 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. The Lord of the Flies is another allegorical text relating to the effects of war on society. | 0 | |
| 6018850730 | Analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them heart and pump analogie | 1 | |
| 6018853135 | Antecedent | Antecedent is the grammatical term used to refer to the noun that a pronoun replaces. her= jenny | 2 | |
| 6018855497 | Aphorism | aphorism is a short, witty statement that expresses a truth. Typically, these statements are stated bluntly, An apple a day keeps the doctor away. | 3 | |
| 6018857297 | Conceit | A conceit is a comparison between two very unlike things, whose dissimilarity is very obvious. Marriage is like getting a root canal. | 4 | |
| 6018865281 | Genre/ generic conventions | Traditions for each genre. These help to define each genre; they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing CowBoys mean midwet | 5 | |
| 6018873433 | Oxymoron | When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox. . jumbo shrimp and cruel kindness | 6 | |
| 6018879163 | Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement which is actually true. A rich man is no richer than a poor man | 7 | |
| 6018880703 | Synesthesia | a sensory stimulus that evokes the subjective experience of another. Ex. seeing red ants makes you itchy | 8 | |
| 6018895245 | Zeugma | Using a single verb to refer to two different objects in an ungrammatical but striking way, or artfully using an adjective to refer to two separate nouns, even though the adjective would logically only be appropriate for one of the two. She dug for gold and for praise | 9 |
