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5233967843ColloquialInformal, conversational0
5233968138DialectRegional language-both in diction and syntax1
5233968851JargonTechnical words related to a specific field2
5233969707PedanticCaring a lot about normality's, often more than necessary, ostentatious, arrogant3
5233971914ClicheOverly used or common place4
5233972585DenotativeA direct, specific meaning (dictionary definition)5
5233974669ConnotativeSuggested meaning6
5233975315LiteralConcerning primarily with facts7
5233975782FigurativeExpressing one thing in terms of another8
5233976279ArchaicOld fashioned, belonging to another era9
5233977133Metaphorcomparison of two ideas10
5233977721Similecomparison of two ideas using like or as11
5233978070PersonificationAbstract qualities are given a human shape12
5233979070Symbolismsomething that represents something else13
5233980545AllegoryA story or visual with a hidden or underlying meaning14
5233981066AnalogyA comparison15
5233981595OnomatopoeiaWords sounding like it's definition16
5233982170PunA play on words that have alike meanings17
5233982600AlliterationBeginning sounds of words18
5233983363HyperboleExtreme exaggeration19
5233983963UnderstatementTo present with restraint20
5233984763Rhetorical QuestionA question to which no answer is expected21
5233985599IronyThe use of words to express something different from and opposite of the literal meaning22
5233986485OxymoronA figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear together for emphasis23
5233987438ParadoxA statement that appears contradictory or absurd but in fact may be true24
5233988758Four Levels of DictionFormal, Informal, Colloquial, Slang25
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