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Literary, Rhetorical, and Poetic Devices Allegory -A representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form and can often be an extended metaphor for a specific historical or political event. i.e. George Orwell’s animal farm is an allegory of the Russian revolution and the implementation of Joseph Stalin’s Communist regime. Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Allusion – A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. i.e. Pyramus and Thisbe, the play-within-a-play in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is an allusion to the classical …show more content…

Persona - The speaker or voice of a literary work who is doing the talking. Thus persona is the "I" of a narrative or the implied speaker of a lyric poem. Pun - A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor. Parallel structure - Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. i.e. She floated in like a cloud. Stressed - To place emphasis on a syllable or word in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern. Syllable - A unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds and they can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic meter, its stress patterns. Symbol - A symbol is a graphical, written, vocal or physical object which represents another, usually more complex, physical or abstract object, or an object property. Syntax The way in which linguistic elements (words and phrases) are arranged to form grammatical structure. Theme - The central idea, topic, or didactic quality of a work. Tone - The poet's or persona's attitude in style or expression toward the subject. Tone can also refer to the overall mood of the poem itself, in the sense of a pervading atmosphere intended to influence the readers' emotional response and foster expectations of the

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