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| Symbol | an object, place, or action, that has both a meaning in itself and that stands fod something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value |
| Imagery | the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses |
| Simile | a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as" |
| Personification | projects the qualities of living things onto non-living things |
| Allusion | a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing |
| Verbal Irony | when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite |
| Situational Irony | when a situationn turns out differently from what one would normally expect- though the twist is oddly appropriate |
| Dramatic Irony | the contrast between what a character knows and what the reader or audience knows |
| Tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject conveyed choice of words and detail |
| Paradox | when the elements of a statement seem to contradict each other but actually reveal a hidden truth |
| Alliteration | beginnin several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound |
| Hyperbole | a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous expression |
