| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Allegory | symbolic narrative |
| Allusion | indirect reference: intentional or not |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |
| Metaphor | a comparision without using like or as |
| Personification | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature |
| Simile | a comparision using like or as |
| Symbol | any object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it is. |
| Understatement | a statement that says less than what is meant |
| Metonymy | substitution of one word for another which it suggests |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. |
| Connotation | an idea that is implied or suggested |
| Diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| Denotation | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression |
| Syntax | a systematic orderly arrangement |
| Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| assonance | Resemblance or correspondence in sound. |
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