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Antithesis

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opposition or contrast of ideas expressed by parallelism of words that are opposites of, are strongly contrasted with each other
Ex. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.

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Anecdote

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A short narrative account of an amusing, unusual, revealing, or interesting event.

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Aphorism

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A pitty observation that contains a general truth such as “if it is not broke, don’t fix it.

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Caricature

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A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

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Cacophony

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A harsh, discordant mixture if sounds.

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Conciseness

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A technique used in speech or writing when a lot of informations is told clearly in few words; brief but comprehensive

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Dramatic Repetition

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Repetition of words constantly.

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Erudite

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Having or showing profound knowledge.

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive or figurative language.

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Irony

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. Curly of off the 3 Stooges was bald.

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Metaphor

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a comparison of two or more thing.

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words to imitate natural sounds.

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Parody

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composition that imitates the distinctive features of a serious piece of writing for comic or satiric purposes.

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or an abstract concept is endowed with
human features: “blind justice.”

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Rhetoric

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the art of using language to persuade or influence others.

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Satire

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A work of literature that expose or ridicules peoples stupidity or ideas.

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Symbol

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A person, act, or thing that has both literal significance and additional abstract meanings

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Specificity

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the quality of having specific details in a specific piece of writing.

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Syntax

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The way a writer organizes his words.

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Theme

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The central or dominating idea in a literary work.

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Understatement

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A figure of speech that represents something as being less important than it really is.