Literary Terms

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Hint	Answer
a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor	allegory
a figure of speech which uses a part of an object as a name for the whole	synecdoche
an extravagant exaggeration	hyperbole
a figure of speech where contradictory trems appear side by side	oxymoron
a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses	zeugma
the occurence of the same letter or sound at the beginnning of adjacent or closely connected words	alliteration
a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases	chiasmus
the repetition of a word or phrase at the begginning of successive clauses	anaphora

Hint	Answer
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	didactic
using decorous language as a substitute for vulgarities	euphemism
the depiction of a connection between two different senses	synesthesia
another character in a story who contrasts with the main characte to highlight one of their attributes	foil
words meant to depict a sound	onomatopoeia
figures of speech that use an understated statement of an affirmative by using a negative description	litotes
the misuse of words for comic effect by substituting similar words	malapropism
the giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects	personification