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Literary Devices
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A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political
Allusion
significance

Adage Widely accepted wise saying that, over time, becomes widely accepted as a general truth

The deliberate repetition of a word, phrase or expression at the beginning of successive phrases,
Anaphora
clauses, sentences or verses for rhetorical or poetic effect.

Aphorism a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner

is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech
Apostrophe to an opponent or third party, to observers, or to an imaginary person, location, deity, or abstract
quality or idea

A literary device that omits conjunctions between words, phrases or clauses — often used to produce a
Asyndeton
quickened pace.

Dialect the language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people

the substitution of an offensive, disagreeable, or disparaging expression in the place of an inoffensive

Dysphemism
or agreeable expression.

The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses for rhetorical or poetic
Epistrophe
effect.

a polite, indirect expression which replaces words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which
Euphemism
suggest something unpleasant
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refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a
Extended Metaphor paragraph, or lines in a poem

Idiom a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words

The use of conjunctions (typically, and, but, or) repeatedly and in quick succession, often with no
Polysyndeton
commas.

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