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| words with more than one syllable |
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| the emotional implications and associations that words may carry |
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| basic meaning of a word independent of emotional colorations (dictionary definitions) |
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| metaphor that relates to our sense of the relative dignity, complexity, and rarity of something |
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| highly specialized diction used by a subgroup of people, often job related |
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| polite or double-speak appoach to naming something that is usually unpleasant |
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| reiteration of a word, sound, phrase, or idea |
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| similarity in construction of adjecent word groups |
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| author's attitude towards the subject and the audience of implied in a literary work |
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| recognition of a reality different from appearance. the contrast between what is expected and what is delivered |
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| intentionally describing something less than it is |
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| understatement to increase an effect |
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| educational; haveing the purpose of wanting to teach |
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| passage with pleasant and musical diction |
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| harsh and unmusical passage |
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| the various uses of language that depart from customary construction, order or significance |
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| repetition of consonants in close succession |
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| comparisson of two things alike in certain aspects |
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| strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas |
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| sudden shift from detached observation to direct address |
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| repetition of vowel sounds in close succession |
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| collection of images in a literary work |
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| an implied analogy indentifying one object with another |
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| a trope where the name of something is substituted for another |
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| words that by their sound suggest their meaning |
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| self-contradiction from the combination of words or smaller verbal units |
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| statement that although seems contradictory may be well founded true |
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| ascribing human emotion to inanimate things |
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| sudden heightening of style, diction, or figurative language to make a section stand out |
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| expressed analogy between two things, usually witht he words like or as |
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| trope where a part is substituted for the whole |
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| the use of a word or expression in a different way than originally intended |
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| deliberately representing as less than it is, usually for ironic effect |
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| illuminates the simmilarities and differences between two or more subjects |
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