Literary & Rhetorical Terms

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is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself.Thus it is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

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Allegory

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is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

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Alliteration

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is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art.
An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.

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Allusion

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An event,object,custom person,or thing that is out of order in time

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Anachronism

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is the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. Part to whole, opposites, results of are types of relationships you should find.

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Analogy

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Specific Type of repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences in a row

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Anaphora

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a short account of a particular incident

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Anecdote

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a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life

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Aphorism

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the device of calling out to a imaginary,dead,or absent person or to a place,thing, or personified abstraction

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Apostrophe

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writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments

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Argumentation