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What are the extreme words that you can automatically cross out?
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condemnation, ridicule, adulation, cynicism, must, always, impossible, never, cannot, each, every, totally, all, solely, only
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is a comparison using "like" or "as"
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simile
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is a figure of speech that is technically false but which suggests a likeness or analogy
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metaphor
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when a metaphor is extended to cover several comparisons
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extended metaphor
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is the treatment of something inanimate as if it were alive
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personification
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is a deliberate exaggeration
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hyperbole
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occurs when there is a discrepency between what someone says and what the situation indicates the speaker meant
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verbal irony
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What is the most common type of verbal irony?
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Sarcasm
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occurs when people plan for events to turn out one way, but they turn out another
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situational irony
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is a statement that looks like a contradiction, yet is actually true in a sense
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paradox
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