Literary Devices Review

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A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

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Allegory

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Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together

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Alliteration

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Reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture

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Allusion

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

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Anaphora

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The language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality

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Vernacular

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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.

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Tone

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The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work

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Theme

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A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole

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Synecdoche

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A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change

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Satire

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Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual

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Anecdote