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22 Cards in this Set
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informal diction
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language of everyday use
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colloquially
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casual language
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dialect
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used to express differences
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jargon
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language defined by tade or profession
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denotation
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literal, dictionary meaning
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connotation
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associations/implications
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syntax
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ordering words in verbal patterns
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image
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addresses senses
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figures of speech
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saying one thing in terms of something else
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simile
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uses like or as
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metaphor
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direct comparrison
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implied metaphor
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not specifically explained
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extended metaphor
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consists of series of related metaphors
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controlling metaphors
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determines from/nature of work
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pun
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play on words
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synecdoche
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part that signifies whole
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metonymy
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something closely associated with subject is substituted for it
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personification
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giving non human things, human qualities
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apostrophe
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someone absent/non human that cant comprehend
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hyperbole(overstatement)
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exaggerating
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understatement
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says less than intended
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paradox
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contridictory, but makes sense
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