| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Hyperbole | Obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
| Irony (dramatic) | Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
| Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
| Tone | Author's attitude towards writing. |
| Diction | Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction. |
| Meter | Poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses. |
| Simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose." |
| Pastoral Imagery | Setting takes place in the country/rural areas. |
| Allegory | A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. |
| Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. |
| Oxymoron | A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist. |
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