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| a figure of speech making a reference to past or present culture |
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| a phrase, often an idiom, which has become trite through overuse |
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| language that creates meaning by non-literal, imaginative means |
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| a recognizable pattern of type of figurative language |
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| a figure of speech that uses exaggeration |
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| a phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the denotations of the words in it |
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| use of words to convey a meaning different from, and usually opposite to, the literal meaning of those words |
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| language that uses words in their plain, direct meanings |
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| a figure of speech making an implicit camparison between two mostly unlike things, in order to highlight a point of similarity |
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| a figure of speech treating some thing as human by using language literally suitable only to humans |
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| a figure of speech making an explicit comparison, often using the words as or like |
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| words with different meanings but similar sound, spelling, or etymology, which makes them easy to mix up |
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| the emotional associations of a word beyond its denotations |
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| the most specific or direct meanings of a word |
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| a word used in two senses simultaneously, one being rather vulgar |
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| a case when syntax permits multiple meanings of a construction |
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| a case when context allows more than one interpretation of a word |
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| an apparently unintentional pun mistaking one word for another |
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| a play of two similar-sounding words in humorous combination |
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| the linguistic study of meaning |
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| literally 'treasury,' a reference work of synonyms and antonyms |
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