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