An allegory is a text that has a second meaning beyond its literal one.
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Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or group of sentences.
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Allusion
An allusion is an indirect reference to something else.
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Anaphora
An anaphora is the repetition of or a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple lines or sentences.
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Assonance
An assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within sentences.
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Characterisation
Characterisation is the way that the author describes a character throughout a text.
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Foil
A foil is a character who behaves in the complete opposite way compared to another character in the text.
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Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is when the author drops hints about something that will be more meaningful later in the story.
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Genre
Genre is the category the story falls into. E.g. Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Non-fiction.
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Imagery
Imagery is when authors use language to evoke one or more of the five senses in a story.
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Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is when two differing objects or concepts are placed near to each other.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison between two seemingly different things.
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Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is use of words that sounds like the noises they describe.
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Pathetic Fallacy
Pathetic fallacy is the attribution of human traits to non-human, especially the weather or other elements within nature. It is a type of personification.
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Personification
Personification is describing a plant, animal or other non-human objects with human characteristics.
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Pun
A pun is a humorous play on words that creates multiple layers of meaning in a sentence.
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Sarcasm
Sarcasm is the use of words that mean the opposite of how someone actually feels, usually either to show disdain or to achieve a comedic effect.
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Simile
A simile is a comparison between two seemingly unlike things that uses words such as "like", "as".
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Tone
Tone is the way the author or a character shows his or her opinion towards a subject.
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Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or group of sentences.
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