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AC- Semantics Flashcards

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Irony

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Words to imply the opposite of their actual meaning

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Metaphor

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Non literal comparisons

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Oxymoron

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Contradictory terms

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Simile

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Comparisons through the use of words

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Personification

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Giving non human things human like features

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Denotation

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Literal meaning

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Connotations

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Cultural meaning

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Euphemisms

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Use of avoidance language on taboo topics

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Dysphemism

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Using more harsher terms

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