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hyperbole

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an exaggeration

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satire

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to mock someone for stupidity

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parallel structure

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the repetition of a specific grammatical structure to express similar ideas or items in a sentence, phrase, or clause. ( I forgive u for leaving, I forgive you for staying)

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persuasive devices

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to make the reader into a different POV using facts/opinions

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Predicate adj

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describing sentence linked with a linking verb (she is brave)

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formal language

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using bigger words

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irony

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using sarcasm humorously

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synthesize

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to come into a whole

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intonation

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rise and fall in the voice speaking (he spoke english with a German intonation (accent))

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parody

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the imitation of a specific writer or artist