how it's said

Question 1

adage

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A familiar proverb or saying

Question 2

ambiguity

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Result of something being stated in such a way that its meaning cannot be definitely determined

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colloquialism

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Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

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comedic relief

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A humorous scene or passage inserted into an otherwise serious work intended to provide an emotional outlet and change of pace; creates a contrast that further emphasizes the seriousness of the work

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euphemism

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An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

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hyperbole

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A figure of speech that uses deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect; sometimes called overstatement

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idiom

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An expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect

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interior monologue

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A mode of narrative intended to reveal to the reader the subjective thoughts, emotions, and fleeting sensations experienced by a character

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irony

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A contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality

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verbal irony

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a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

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situational irony

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a discrepancy between expectation and reality

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dramatic irony

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an incongruity between what a character says/thinks and what the reader knows to be true

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romantic irony

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works whose authors/speakers at some point reveal their narration to be the fabrication of an idiosyncratic and highly self-conscious creator; wreaks havoc with reader/audience as usual suspension of disbelief, debunking as illusion the normal operating assumption that the narration is a believable representation of reality

Question 14

jargon

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The specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession

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mood

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The general feeling created in the reader at a given point

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point of view

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the vantage point from which a narrative is told

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first person POV

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a narrator who is a character in the story

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third person limited POV

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a narrator who presents the story as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought, or felt by that one character

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third person omniscient POV

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a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters

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pun

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a play on words that capitalizes on a similarity of spelling and/or pronunciation between words that have different meanings; may also employ one word that has multiple meanings

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rhetorical question

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a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer

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sarcasm

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bitter or cutting speech; intended to insult the person addressed

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stream of consciousness

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A particular type of interior monologue, is an attempt to represent the inner workings of a character’s mind, to recreate the continuous, chaotic flow of half-formed and discontinuous thoughts, memories, sense impressions, random associations, images, feelings, and reflections

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tone

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The writer or speaker’s attitude towards the subject; the emotional coloring or meaning of a work

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understatement

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A figure of speech that consists of saying less than one means, or of saying what one means with less force than what the occasion warrants; often used for humorous, ironic, or even satiric effect

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vernacular

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the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage