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genre

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major caategory into which literary work fits

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generic convention

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refers to tradition for each genre

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homily

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literally “sermon” or any serious talk speech, or lecture

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hyperbole

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figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

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imagery

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sensory details of fig language used to describe arouse emotion or rep abstraction

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infer

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draw a reasonable conclusion

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intrective

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emotionally violent, verbal denuncitiaon

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irony

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contrast between stated explicitly and what is really meant

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verbal irony

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words state opposite

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situational irony

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events turn out opposite

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dramatic irony

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facts or events are unknown to character but known to reader or audience

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loose sentence

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type of sentence in which the main idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units

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metaphor

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figure of speech using implied comparison

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metonymy

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greek for changing label the name of one object substituted for another

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mood

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grammatically the verbal units and a speakers attitude indicative subjunctive imperative, literally the prevailing atmoshpere

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logos

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plato