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An ______ is a story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.

ALLEGORY

Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together is called ______.

ALLITERATION

An ______ is a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.

ALLUSION

Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work is called ______.

<p>AMBIGUITY</p> Signup and view all the answers

An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- this is done on purpose by the author, when there is ______.

<p>AMBIGUITY</p> Signup and view all the answers

Animal Farm; Dante’s Inferno; Lord of the Flies are examples of ______.

<p>allegory</p> Signup and view all the answers

When the two youths turned with the flag they saw that much of the regiment had crumbled away, and the dejected remnant was coming slowly back.” –Stephen Crane is an example of ______.

<p>alliteration</p> Signup and view all the answers

An ______ is a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.

<p>allusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- this is done on purpose by the author, when there is ______.

<p>ambiguity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work is called ______.

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