| A | B |
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| Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture or experience. |
| Metaphor | A comparison that says or implies that one thing is another. |
| Simile | A comparison using like or as. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to something nonhuman. |
| Symbol | A concrete object, person, place, or action that represents a larger idea. |
| Allusion | A reference to another text, myth, historical event, person, or cultural idea. |
| Motif | A recurring image, idea, object, or pattern that contributes to a larger theme. |
| Metonymy | Substituting something closely associated with a thing for the thing itself. |
| Synecdoche | Using a part to represent the whole. |
| Diction | An author's specific word choices. |
| Connotation | Feelings or associations connected to a word beyond its dictionary meaning. |
| Denotation | The literal dictionary meaning of a word. |
| Syntax | The arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses in sentences. |
| Juxtaposition | Placing contrasting ideas, images, characters, or situations near each other to emphasize differences. |
| Repetition | Reusing words, phrases, sounds, or structures for emphasis or effect. |
| Parallelism | Repeating a grammatical structure or pattern. |
| Anaphora | Repetition at the beginnings of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. |
| Antithesis | Contrasting ideas expressed in parallel or balanced structures. |
| Paradox | An apparently contradictory statement or situation that reveals a larger truth. |
| Oxymoron | Two seemingly contradictory words placed together, such as deafening silence. |
