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31943598AlliterationRepeating consonant sound at the beginning of a group of words.
31943599AllusionA reference to another literary work or event in history. Makes a comparison.
31943600AntithesisUsing opposite phrases in close conjunction.
31943601ApostrapheDirect address of an abstraction or personified object.
31943602AssonanceRepetition of a vowel sound in a group of words.
31943603ConsonanceRepetition of consonent sounds with differing vowel sounds in words near each other in lines of poetry.
31943604DetailAttention to particular items.
31943605DictionThe writer's choice of words.
31943606Figure of SpeechLanguage that is not literally true to create an effect.
31943607FlashbackRevisiting prior events.
31943608ForeshadowingTo show or indicate befere hand.
31943609HyperboleExtreme overstatement or exaggeration, obvious and intentional.
31943610ImageryA group of words in a literary work that appeals to one of the senses.
31943611IronyA direct contradiction to what is true, believed, or expected.
31943612MetaphorA comparison between to unlike thingswithout using like or as.
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