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colloquialism
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characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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connotation
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the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
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diction
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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
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imagery
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the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
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metonymy
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a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
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motif
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a recurring subject, theme, idea
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point of view
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the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters
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regional literature
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the entire body of writings of a specific language, period, people, etc. pertaining to a particular region
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symbolism
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the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
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synecdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
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theme
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a unifying or dominant idea or motif
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tone
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a particular style or manner, as of writing speech; mood
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