Literary Devices

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Allegory
A symbolism device where the meaning of a greater concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example.
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Allegory (use)
Usually a rhetoric device, an allegory suggests a meaning via metaphoric examples.
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Amplification
A literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability.
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Amplification (use)
When a plain sentence is too abrupt and fails to convey the full implications desire, amplification comes into play when the writer adds more to the structure to give it more meaning.
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Usually a rhetoric device, an allegory suggests a meaning via metaphoric examples.

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Allegory (use)

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A literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability.

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Card 4

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When a plain sentence is too abrupt and fails to convey the full implications desire, amplification comes into play when the writer adds more to the structure to give it more meaning.

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