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Style
A writer's distinctive manner of expression.
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Irony
Suggests some sort of discrepancy between appearance and reality.
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Dialogue
The direct speech of characters in a story, punctuated by quotation marks.
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Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an imaginative comparision is made between two dissimilar things without the use of the word like or as.
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Simile
A direct comparison of two unlike thing WITH the use of the worlds like or as.
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Symbol
A story element that represents a broader idea while maintaining its literal meaning.
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Allegory
A type of story in which characters and events correspond to concepts. An allegory uses symbol to reveal basic truths about human existance.
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