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Caricature |
representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. |
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Connotation |
all the meanings, associations, or emotions a word suggests |
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Euphemism |
mild or vague expression substituted for a harsher or more direct one |
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Hyperbole |
figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration |
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Invective |
strong verbal attack |
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Metaphor |
saying something is another |
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Onomatopoeia |
figure of speech, sounds |
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Prose |
all forms of written expression that don't have a rythem |
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Satire |
literary from that uses humor and wit to point out abusrdities |
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Trite |
overused and commonplace; cliche |
