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| a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing |
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| a point by point comparison between two dissimilar things in order to clarify the less familiar of two |
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| a brief account of an interesting or event that usually is intended to make a point or entertain |
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| a form of language that is spoken in particular place or by a particular group of people |
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| the actual words that characters speak |
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| an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect |
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| the expression whose meaning is different from the sum of the meanings of the individual words |
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| a particular tone created when the speaker intends a meaning that is opposite to the words he or she say |
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| the use of verbal irony (saying one thing but meaning the opposite) in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it |
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| an image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond it's literal meaning |
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