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ANECDOTE
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A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.
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PERSPECTIVE
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A character's view of the situation or events in the story.
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APHORISM
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A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.
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CONTRADICTION
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A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
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APOSTROPHE
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A figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present.
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OXYMORON
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A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements.
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"jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence"
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ALLUSION
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A figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literacy figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the character or object of which the allusion consists.
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SYLLOGISM
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A form of deduction. An extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument.
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