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Metaphor |
Comparison between 2 unlike things without the use of like or as |
Fame is a bee. |
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Personification |
An object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. |
The storm roared like a lion. |
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Hyperbole |
Uses an incredible exaggeration, or over statement, for effect. |
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. |
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Tone |
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience. |
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Simile |
Comparison between 2 unlike things using the words like or as. |
Helen, thy beauty is to me like those Nicean barks of yore. |
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Diction |
A speakers or writers choice of words. |
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Irony |
A discrepancy between appearances and reality. |
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Imagery |
Use if language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience. |
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Mood |
The overall emotion created by a work of literature. |
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Repetition |
A unifying property of repeated words, sounds, syllables, and other elements that appear in work. |
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