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Alliteration
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The repetition of one or more begining sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words.
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Allution
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A reference to historical figures or events, fictional characters, place, or other things that the author assumes the reader will know and understand.
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Anachronism
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The representation of someone or something existing or hapening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
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Comedy
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Aform of liturature in which characters are faced with moderate dificulties, but thet overcome them and the story ends happily.
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Foreshadowing
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A litetary technique using hints or clues that prepare the reader for something that might happen later in the work.
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Hyperbole
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Language that greatly overstates or exagerates rhetorical or comic effect.
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Irony
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Term indicating that the way something appears differs from reality, either in meaning,situation, or action.
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