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The dictionary meaning of a word
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Denotation
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Form of language spoken in a
Particular region or group
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Dialect
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Appeals to the five sense, paints a picture in your mind
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Imagery
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The good guy in the story.
SUPERMAN
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A scene that interrupts the action to show an even that happened earlier
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Flashback
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A figure of speech that exaggerate the truth
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An expression that, if taken literally, would not make sense
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Idiom
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Author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen next in the story
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Foreshadowing
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A surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions.
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Irony
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Implied meaning of words or inferences of words.
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Two contradictory terms or ideas used together
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A play on the meaning
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Giving human characteristics to
An inanimate object
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The use of words which by their pronunciation suggest their meaning. The words literally represent sound.
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The attitude a writer takes
Toward a subject
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Plankton, Nag, Nagina
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I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t seem to put it down.
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Pun
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American Flag-
Freedom, rights, war
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Hey y’all
Hola
Yous guys
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Love is a rollercoaster
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-I could eat a horse
-I’ll eat you out of
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Hyperbole
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A free ride when you already paid.
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Hit the books
Take a hike
Break a leg
Fly on the wall
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Sam sits silently.
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It was a dark and stormy night.
The cabin walls creaked.
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