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a figure of speech

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une figure de rhétorique

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rhetoric

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la rhétorique

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rhetorical

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rhétorique

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a stylistic device

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un procédé stylistique

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a metaphor

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une métaphore

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an extended metaphor

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une métaphore filée

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a simile/a comparison

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une comparaison

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a chiasmus

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un chiasme

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a metonymy

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une métonymie

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a synecdoche

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une synecdoque

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an anaphora

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une anaphore

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an understatement

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un euphémisme

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a paradox

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un paradoxe

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a hyperbole

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une hyperbole

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an oxymoron

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un oxymore

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a hypallage

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un hypallage

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a periphrasis

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une périphrase

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a flashback

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un flash-back

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a cliché

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un cliché

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a repetition

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une répétition

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repetitive

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répétitif

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wit

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l’esprit

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a witticism

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un trait d’esprit

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a malproprism

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un pataquès

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a pun

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un jeu de mots

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pathos

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le pathétique

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an innuendo

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une allusion grivoise

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(dramatic) irony

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l’ironie (dramatique)

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humour

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l’humour

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an image

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une image

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imagery

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l’imagerie

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fantasy/imagination

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l’imagination

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verisimilitude

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la vraisemblance

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alliteration

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l’allitération

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assonance

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l’assonance

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to denote

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dénoter

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to connote

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connoter

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narrative technique

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la technique narrative

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characterization

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la peinture des personnages

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satirical /ironical/symbolic(al)

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satirique /ironique/symbolique

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humorous /metaphorical /paradoxical

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humoristique/métaphorique/paradoxal

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a symbol /symbolism/to symbolize

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un symbole /le symbolisme/symboliser

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onomatopoeic words/ polysemous words

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des onomatopées / des mots polysemiques

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a double entendre

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une expression à double sens

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a rhetorical question

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une question rhétorique

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dream and reality/ a reality effect

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le rêve et la réalité / un effet de réel

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pathetic fallacy

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l’anthropomorphisme

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an omniscient / unobtrusive narrator

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un narrateur omniscient / discret

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a reliable / unreliable narrator

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un narrateur fiable / peu fiable

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a first-person / third-person narrative

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un récit à la première personne / à la troisième personne

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narrated time / narrating time

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le temps des événements / de la narration

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an acceleration in the narration

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une accélération de la narration

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an embedded narrative

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un récit dans le récit, une mise en abîme

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a shift in point of view

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un changement de point de vue

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zero/internal/external focalization

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la focalisation zéro / interne / externe

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(free) direct / indirect speech

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le discours direct / indirect (libre)

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When suspense is at its highest, he often resorts to a descriptive pause to maintain the reader’s interest.

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Lorsque le suspense est à son comble, il a souvent recours à une pause descriptive pour maintenir la curiosité du lecteur

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