| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words |
| Allusion | An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration or overstatement |
| Idiom | An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally |
| Imagery | A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, tough, hearing and smell; figurative language |
| Irony | The use of a word of phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning |
| Metaphon | A figure of speech that expresses and idea through the image of another object |
| Oxymoron | Twh words in opposition used together to express an idea |
| Personification | An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form |
| Repetition | Repeated use of a word or phrase for poetic reasons |
| Satire | A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things whick a work of comparison "like" or "as" is used |
| Symbolism | A decice in literature where no object represents and idea |
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