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rhetorical strategy
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technique that helps to shape or enhance a literary work
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diction
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the word choice and phrasing in a literary work
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allusion
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a passing reference in a work of literature to another literary or historical work, figure, or event, or to a literary passage
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analogy
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the comparison of a subject to something that is similar to it in order to clarify the subject's nature, purpose, or function
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imagery
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the concrete, rather than the abstract, aspects of a literary work
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symbol
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an object, action, or event that represents something, or creates a range of associations, beyond itself
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atmosphere
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the predominant mood or tone in all or part of a literary work
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repetition
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repeating of sounds, word, phrasing, or concepts to create unity and emphasis
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selection and order of details
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a series of deliberate that the author makes in the course of drafting and revising a work, crucial to its meaning and tone
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epiphany
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a sudden, overwhelming insight or revelation evoked by a commonplace object or a scene in a poem or a work of fiction
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