Exposition to Idiom

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Exposition

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Narrative device providing background information about characters and circumstances.

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Explanatory text

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Written selection explaining how to do something or how something works.

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Expository writing

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Presents facts, discusses ideas, or explains a process.

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Extended Metaphor

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Comparison between two unlike things throughout a series of sentences or a full paragraph.

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Fantasy

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Story with unreal world or characters; may be whimsical or serious.

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Fiction

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Prose writing about imaginary characters and events.

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Figurative language

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Writing or speech not to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect.

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Metaphor

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Describes something as though it were something else; points out similarity between two unlike things.

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Simile

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.