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5220530703abstractrefers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images (ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places)0
5220547685alliterationthe practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound1
5220556249anecdotea short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point2
5220561614apostrophea form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate3
5220570022caricaturedescriptive writing that greatly exaggerates specific features, most often of a person's appearance or a facet of personality4
5220581339concrete languagedescribes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities5
5220591247denotationliteral meaning of a word as defined6
5220594443dissonanceharsh or grating sounds that do not go together7
5220641232exigencethe situation (reason) that has prompted an author, speaker, etc., to produce a piece of rhetoric8
5220654618foreshadowingthe use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future actions9
5220657303homilya "sermon"; informally it can include serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice10
5220664665inferencea conclusion one can draw from the presented details11

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