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Idiom
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A common expression or traditional way of saying something. Ex:
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Irony
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The use of words to mean something very different from what they appear on the surface to mean.
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Malapropism
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A humorous confusion of words that sound vaguely similar.
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Non sequitur
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A thought that does not logically follow what has just been said.
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Oxymoron
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A rhetorical figure in which contradictory terms are combined. Ex: Purell®
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Parody
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A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect.
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Prose
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Ordinary writing, using sentences and paragraphs. It is written without meter or rhyme. Example: A NOVEL
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Satire
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A work of literature that mocks social conventions or anything its author thinks ridiculous. Ex: SNL with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin.
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Understatement
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A form of irony in which something is intentionally represented as less than it is.
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Verse
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The language of poetry. It is a kind of language made intentionally different from ordinary speech or prose. It usually employs such devices as meter and rhyme, though not always. Ex: Blank Verse
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