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Diction |
A writers choice of words. |
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Levels Of Diction (N O D S) |
Nonstandard - Obsolete - Dialect - Sland |
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Figurative Meaning |
A metaphorical sense of a word
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Denotation |
The LITERAL definition of a word
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Connotation |
Describes something through figurative meaning. (NOT Literally) |
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Similie |
Compares two unlike things with the use of like, as or as through. |
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Metaphor |
Compares two things WITHOUT using 'Like, or, as' |
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Analogy |
A comparison of two things that helps explain both of them |
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Personification |
Figure of speech in which an animal, inanimate (Non Living) object, or idea, is given human characteristics. |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate overstatement or exaggeration ("The childrens noise shook the walls and the rafters") |
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Understatement |
Saying less than what is meant. |
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Irony |
Stairs infront of a gym (Two ideas that contradict eachother) |
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Oxymoron |
A paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words. Seriously funny living death |
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Imagery |
A description of how something feels smells looks like tastes and sounds. |
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Allusion |
A brief reference to a fictional person, or real person, place, object or event. This movie is this decades star wars |
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