Unknown Words & Phrases- Vocabulary

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Connotation

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The way that a word makes you feel; the feelings or ideas that are brought up by the use of a word.

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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

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Domain Specific Language

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Specific language used for a specific subject or purpose.

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration.

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Personification

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Giving human-like traits to a non-human object.

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Denotation

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The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

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Idiom

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.