 | Term | Definition |
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exaggeration |
an overstatement; hyperbole |
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understatement |
language that makes something seem less important than it really is |
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idiom |
an expression that cannot be understood if taken literally |
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anecdote |
a short account of some interesting incident or single event to entertain |
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connotation |
an emotional, underlying, or implied meaning that accompanies the dictionary meaning |
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situational irony |
the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what one has come to expect |
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verbal irony |
when a person says one thing and means another |
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dramatic irony |
readers have important knowledge that the character does not |
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pun |
a humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word |
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denotation |
the literal or dictionay meaning of a word |
