Figurative Language Phantom Tollbooth

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Definition of Personification

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Animal or object given human traits.

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Definition of Imagery

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Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

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Definition of Motif

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recurring element with symbolic significance in a story

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Symbolism

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represents beyond its literal sense

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Definition of Alliteration

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Repetitive sounds at the start of words.

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Term for "savory steam spiraling slowly to the ceiling"

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alliteration

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Term represented in the quote: “Ragamuffin, rigmarole, synonym bun” (89)

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Pun

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Term for "Easy as falling off a log"

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Idiom

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Term for "extremely soiled bird who looked more like a dirty floor mop"

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Simile

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Term for the quote, "You must be the fat man...the thinnest one in the world"

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Oxymoron