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7401684438Hyperboleexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.0
7401684439Dictionthe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.1
7401684440generic conventionsdescribes traditions for each genre2
7401684441extended metaphorA metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.3
7401684442Genrea division or type of literature4
7401684443figure of speechA device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things.5
7401684444Homilya sermon, or a moralistic lecture6
7401684445EuphemismAn indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant7
7401684446DidacticIntended to instruct8
7401684447figurative languagewriting or speech not meant to be taken literally9
7401684448DenotationThe dictionary definition of a word10
7401684449Imageryvisually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.11
7401684450EpistropheRepetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses12

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