Literary Elements

ALLITERATION
ALLUSION
CHARACTERIZATION
CLIMAX
FIRSTPERSON
GENRE
HYPERBOLE
IDIOM
METAPHOR
MOOD
PLOT
RHYME
SECONDPERSON
SETTING
SIMILE
THEME
THIRDPERSON
TONE

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	5	17	n
ALLUSION	7	15	n
CHARACTERIZATION	11	11	ne
CLIMAX	3	19	n
FIRSTPERSON	12	10	s
GENRE	10	19	e
HYPERBOLE	4	18	n
IDIOM	12	10	se
METAPHOR	12	15	e
MOOD	11	15	s
PLOT	10	7	e
RHYME	6	16	se
SECONDPERSON	10	12	n
SETTING	10	13	s
SIMILE	10	13	sw
THEME	15	7	s
THIRDPERSON	9	13	n
TONE	15	7	e