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Homily
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a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
EX: a lecture...
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Hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration.
EX: I have 1,000,000 homework assignments tonight!
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Imagery
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figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.
EX: the long stems...
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Inference
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the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
EX: When Jane...
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Invective
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an insulting or abusive word or expression.
EX: you are a mud slinging, ignorant, muscrat...
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Irony
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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
EX: "I worked...
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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
EX: break a leg...
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Situational Irony
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an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between...
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Dramatic Irony
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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience...
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Litotes
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understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
EX:...
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Loose Sentence/ Non-periodic sentence
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a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one...
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Metaphor
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a comparison not using like or as
EX: i am woman, hear me roar!
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Metonymy
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a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of...
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Mood
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the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying
EX: "the days drag on, the nights...
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narrative
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a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
EX: Michael...
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