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Allegory |
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a one with a lesson |
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Rhyme Scheme |
The rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in poetry. |
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Hyperbole |
A hyperbole is a literary device where in the writer uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize a statement |
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Metaphor |
Figure of speech |
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Simile |
a figure of speech with the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, |
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Personification |
To give an inanimate object meaning to be a person |
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Onomatopoeia |
A word that doesn't have a meaning but is a word that is a sound |
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Oxymoron |
a figure of speech in which two words are joined to create an effect, usually to make a joke. |
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Irony |
Something you would not expect |
