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1
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Convention

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Device of style that is used so often that it becomes recognized means of expression.

2
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Didactic

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Explicitly instructive

3
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Digression

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The inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of work.

4
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Epigram

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A pithy saying, often employing contrast.

5
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Grotesque

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Characterized by distortions or incongruities.

6
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Jargon

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The specialized language of profession or group.

7
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Literal

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The precise explicit meaning; accurate to the letter; matter of a fact, as apprised to figurative language.

8
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Lyrical

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Songlike; characterizes by emotion, subjectivity and imagination.

9
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Parable

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A story designed to suggest a principle, to illustrate a moral, or to answer a question.

10
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Soliloquy

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A speech in which a character who is alone his or her thoughts aloud.

11
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Stereotype

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A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea.