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119958616763rd person limitedthe narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character0
11995861677Amplificationinvolves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over1
11995861678Asidea line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage2
11995861679bibliomancyforetelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, especially the Bible.3
11995861680DiacopeRepetition broken up by one or more intervening words4
11995861681Hypophoraa figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question5
11995861682Parable(n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson6
11995861683situational ironyAn outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected7
11995861684SatireA literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.8
11995861685Synecdochea figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa9
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