Literary Devices + Regents

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Imagery

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Descriptive words that appeal to the senses, creating vivid mental pictures.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis.

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Parallelism

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The repetition of sentence structure for emphasis or effect.

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Symbolism

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Deeper ideas or meanings beyond the obvious represented by symbols in a story.

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or objects.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Dialect

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A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

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Theme

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The central idea or underlying message in a literary work.