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Metaphor

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Comparison

One thing is stated as another

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Similar

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Like/as

Comparison

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Personification

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Giving objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

Übertreibung

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Understatement

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Opposite of hyperbole

Representing something as much less that it really is

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Paradox

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Statement which contradicts itself

Absurd

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Oxymoron

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Sweet sorrow

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Pun

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Play ion words which are identical or similar in sound but with sharply diverse meanings

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Irony

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Saying one thing while meaning the opposite

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Sarcasm

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Type of irony
A person appears to be praising something while he is actually insulting the thing
Purpose is to hurt and injure

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Antithesis

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Direct contrast of structurally parallel word grouping generally for the purpose of contrast
Sink or swim

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Apostrophe

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Form of personification

Speaking to the absent or dead as if present

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Allusion

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Referring to something without actually mentioning it

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Synecdoche

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Form of metaphor

A part of something is used to signify the whole

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Declarative sentence

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Statement.

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Imperative sentence

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Command.

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Interrogative sentence

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Question?

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Exclamatory sentence

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Exclamation!

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Key questions to ask yourself after reading a text:

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  • what is the purpose of it?
  • how do you know this？
  • who’s the target audience?
  • how do you know this? (Evidence)
  • what are the contexts that affect its production and reception?
  • what is the tone?
  • any key words, images, structures ? How are they designed to make the reader feel?
    - adjective choice
    - verb choice
    - adverb choice
    - persuasive devices
  • analyse any images ( position, colours, body language, gaze, symbolism)

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