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literary devices

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Words or phrases that the author uses to make their writing more interesting and enjoyable for readers.

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literal

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The strict or exact meaning of words.

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analogy

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comparing two things that are usually thought to be different from each other, but have something in common

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suffix

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a group of letters at the end of a word that changes the word's meaning

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convey

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to tell

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origin

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a beginning or coming into being

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evaluate

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to judge

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excerpt

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part of a text taken from a book

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genre

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a type of literature