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Allegory
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a work of literature told on two levels of meaning, one literal and one symbolic
a long complicatd story with an underlying moral meaning, which differs from the surface meaning. May be regarded as an extended metaphor. |
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Alliteration
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A repitition of the same sound within a group of words or line of poetry.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
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Allusion
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Brief reference to an historical or literary figure, even, or object;
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Analogy
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A likeness in some ways between things that are otherwise unlike
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Aphorism
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A pithy observation that contains a general truth.
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Apostrophe
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Some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding
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Aside
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A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters.
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Assonance
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Partial rhyme where vowels are alike but the consonants are different
the long “o” sounds old: “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came" |
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Anachronism
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Something out of its place in time or history
(e.g. Julius Caesar riding a motorcycle) |
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Atmosphere
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Mental and moral enviroment, the coloring or feeling that persuades a work of art.
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Antonym
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A word that means opposite of another word
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Aphorism
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A tebse sentence expressing a general thought.
"a living dog is betterros than a dead lion" |
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Caricature
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A picture, description, or imitation of a person in a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something).
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Metaphysical conceit
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Metaphysical conceits are uncoventional/unexpected metaphors -- unusual but striking analogies between things that seem very different.
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Connotation
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The implication of such ideas or feelings.
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