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Warm-Up: Analyzing Literary Techniques Vocabulary

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Imagery, Contradiction, Allusion, Overstatement, Subtlety, Irony, Sarcasm, Conceits, Paradox, Ambiguity.
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A statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow.
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Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
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Contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner.
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A word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.
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An elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.
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A literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock, often with satirical or ironic remarks, with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone, or some section of society, simultaneously.
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Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
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An extreme exaggeration.
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A figure of speech or reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds.
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A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.