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| allusion | An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event |
| antonym | A word that is the opposite of another word (e.g. hot-cold, night-day). |
| author's purpose | The author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince their audience to do or not do something. |
| irony | The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its lieteral or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result. |
| metaphor | A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object. Metaphors suggest the essence of the first object by identifying it with certain qualities of the second object. |
| personification | An object or abstract idea given human qualities or homan form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn. |
| tone | The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous) |
| simile | A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., She eats like a bird). |
| synonym | One of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings (e.g., sorrow, grief, sadness) |
| style | How an author writes; an author's use of language; its effects and appropriateness of the author's intent and theme. |
