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  • Objective summary
    a summary of the text that is free of bias, opinions, emotions, etc.
  • a figure of speech which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
    Metaphor
  • Satire
    mockery of a view, group, or humanity, usually with the aim of inspiring change
  • a play on words
    Pun
  • two words used together that contradict one another
    Oxymoron
  • Idiom
    Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.
  • Inference
    To guess, to conclude from evidence.
  • the atmosphere or feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage; the way the reader feels while reading the text.
    Mood
  • tone
    the writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject; it can be described as formal, informal, serious, playful, bitter, or ironic
  • The central message, insight, or opinion in a work
    Main Idea
  • an extreme exaggeration;
    Hyperbole
  • Euphemism
    The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
  • a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike ideas
    Simile
  • Paradox
    a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth.
  • Narrative
    any writing that tells a story
  • a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.
    Personification
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