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oxymoron
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a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms. "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness"
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paradox
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a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
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parallelism
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similarity in structure and syntax in a series of related words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that develops balance. Ex: " When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative," -MLK
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parody
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a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
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pathos
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an appeal based on emotion
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personification
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assigning human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."
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point of view
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who tells a story and how it is told (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient)
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polysyndeton
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deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy
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predicate
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tells what the subject is or does
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predicate adjective
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an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject
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