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What's an oxymoron |
It is a literary device that plays with words and ideas. The writer puts together contrast that don't normally belong together making sense in a slightly complex manner. |
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What's a Hyperbole |
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
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What's a juxtaposition |
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. |
Example Facts and fiction Beauty and ugliness
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what's a pun |
A pun is a word or a phrase that suggests two or more different meanings |
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What's contrast |
Examining one thing against another in order to bring out difference |
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What's onomatopoeia |
It's when a word's pronounciation imitates it's sound |
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What's paradox |
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true. |
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What's repetition |
Repetition is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency |
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What's Anticlimax |
a disappointing end to an exciting series of events or an event outcome that is strikingly less important. |
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What's a metaphor |
Comparisons between two unrelated things without using like or as |
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