| A | B |
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| style | a writer's characteristic way of saying things |
| diction | writer's choice of words |
| imagery | visual pictures appealing to the senses |
| figures of speech | simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, analogy |
| simile | comparing two similar things with "as and like" |
| metaphor | comparing two things using "is" |
| personification | giving inanimate objects human characteristics |
| hyperbole | reference to a literary, mythological religious or historical event person, place or work of art |
| analogy | a comparison between two ideas, situations or objects |
| symbol | anything that signifies or stands for something else |
| syntax | sentence structure |
