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| 9880182083 | Allegory | a story whose characters or events closely parallel another | 0 | |
| 9880185420 | Allusion | a reference to a person, event, place, or idea from outside the work itself, a reference which the author expects or hopes the reader to recognize | 1 | |
| 9880191429 | Foreshadowing | hints of events to come | 2 | |
| 9880197384 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration for effect or emphasis | 3 | |
| 9880200474 | Imagery | Words or phrases that refer to something that can be seen, heard, tasted, smelled, or touched. Images are often literal and concrete (as opposed to symbols), although they may serve a symbolic role as well | 4 | |
| 9880206147 | Juxtaposition | the deliberate placement of two words, actions, or other elements of a story next to, or near, each other to enable comparison and contrast | 5 | |
| 9880210125 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which a related object, person, or word is substituted for the technically accurate one | 6 | |
| 9880221901 | Oxymoron | a phrase containing contradictory terms | 7 | |
| 9880226278 | Paradox | an apparent contradiction that, upon further examination, reveals a deeper truth | 8 |
