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| anecdote | a short story told to illustrate a point
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| vignette | a brief literary sketch
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| simile | a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as"
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| metaphor | a figure of speech in which two unrelated objects are compared
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| personification | a figure of speech in which inanimate objects are endowed with human characteristics
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| paradox | a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
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| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
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| verbal irony | saying one thing and implying something else, usually the opposite of the expressed meaning
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| situational irony | an inconsistency between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs
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| parallel structure | the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that are similar in meaning and structure
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| understatement | a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important than it is
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| hyperbole | the use of exaggerated language for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect
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| allusion | a reference to a person, place, or thing, historical or literary, that adds to the reader's understanding of the subject
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| parenthetical expression | an expression inserted into the flow of thought set off by parenthesis
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| satire | the use of wit, irony, and sarcasm to make fun of human follies
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| analogy | a comparison of an unfamiliar idea or object to a familiar one
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| analogous | characterized by parallel similarity that permits the drawing of an analogy
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| lampoon | to ridicule with satire
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| eulogize | to praise with elegant words
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| euphemism | a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
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