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Rhetorical Devices
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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered too blunt when referring to something unpleasant
Imagery
Onomatopeia
Sample text here
Euphemism
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Placing words that have opposite meanings and connotations to better show their difference
Symbolism
Rhetoric
Contrast
Hyperbole
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An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings.
Allusion
Symbol
Analogy
Jargon
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Techniques or language used to convey a point or convince an audience.
Don't pick me
Rhetorical Devices
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Boom!
The sound of my brain exploding
Onomatopoeia
incorrect answer
I hate kahoots
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Allusion
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
The use of exaggerations to better demonstrate the properties
An implication to a person, place, event, or other literary work
Illusion but with an A
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The repetition of phrases with similar structures in a large sentence
Think not what ur country can do for u, but what u can do for your country
Kahoot character limits are annoying
Connotation
Balance
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Paradox
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
statement seemingly contradictory or opposed to commonsense but may be true
techniques or language used to convey a point or convince an audience
help
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Meteor
Metaverse
Metamorphosis
Metaphor
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special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and difficult for others to understand.
Pain
Foreshadowing
Suffering
Jargon
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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non human (Personification)
Bobby's bananas bounced and bonked Bill's body
The stars in the clear night sky winked at me
Suffering and pain
"To be, or not to be?"
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Hyperbole
use of exaggerations to better demonstrate the properties of the object
He was the happiest man in the world
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Wait, the superbowl isn't about superb owls?
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"It's a piece of cake" - Meaning: It's easy
Idiot
Irony
Idiom
Metaphor
