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conceit |
a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects (Example: "All the world's a stage, The men and women merely players; They have their exits and entrances" - Shakespeare) |
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homily
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a sermon; but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life
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paradox
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth (Example: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - Dickens)
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hyperbole
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an extreme exaggeration; a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor (Example: "I'll love you / Till China and Africa meet, / And the river jumps over the mountain / And the salmon sing in the street, / I'll love you till the ocean / Is folded and hung up to dry" - W.H. Auden) |
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litotes
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(pronounced like "little tee") a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; opposite of hyperbole (Example: "A Modest Proposal" - Swift)
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invective
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an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language (Example: ""I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth" - Swift) |
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metaphor
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a comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of those things (without using like or as) (Example: "She is all states, and all princes, I" - Donne) |
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simile
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a comparison between two unlike things (using "like" or "as") with the intent of giving added meaning to one of those things (Example: "I wandered lonely as a cloud" - Wordsworth)
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metonymy
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a figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea (Example: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" - Shakespeare) |
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oxymoron
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a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox (Examples: "The bookful blockhead ignorantly read" - Pope / "And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true" - Tennyson) |
