Alliteration - Repetition of Beginning Consonant sounds-Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers., Allusion - Referring to something else (story, poem or document)., Ambiguity - A word or phrase that can be interpreted in more than one way, which can lead to confusion or misunderstanding., Analogy - Attempts to explain a thing or idea by likening it to something else, Aphorism - a concise, erse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. "A barking dog never bites", Atmosphere - How things look, sound, feel, taste., Caricature - Exaggeration or distortion to appear ridiculous or comic (political cartoons, Jim Carey, Saturday Night Live), Flashback - interrupting the story to recall an incident or episode, Foreshadowing - Clues to future events in a story., Hyperbole - obvious exaggeration not meant to be serious-I could eat a horse!, Imagery - Descriptive words depicting mental pictures- especially the 5 senses., Layers - Subplots or extra stories besides the central problem/solution., Inferences - Finding an answer with limited clues. Like predicting- but not a guess., Irony - Differences between what SHOULD happen and what DOES happen really. Usually humorous., Metaphor - Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as,

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