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Key Glossary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyperbole | A deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect: for example, I've told you a million times.' '50000 degrees outside |
| Irony | A figure of speech where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning |
| Colloquialisms | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. |
| Imagery | Use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts, ideas or states of mind. |
| Juxtaposition | The effect created by placing side-by-side specific, often contrasting, words, events or phrases. |
| Symbolism | The use of something simple and concrete to represent much more complex ideas or concepts. |
| Allegory | A story in which the characters or incidents symbolise key ideas, usually ethical. |
| Context | The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood. |
| Contrast | the state of being strikingly different from something else |
| Compare | Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between |