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===hyperbole===
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deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect ex."I could eat a million of these"
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===paradox===
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self-contradictory statement: a statement that contradicts itself
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===rhetoric===
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speech or writing that communicates its point persuasivly
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*These were found on encarta.com!!

Revision as of 19:18, 4 December 2006

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Vocab

Encarta Dict

  • hyperbole
  • paradox
  • rhetoric

hyperbole

deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect ex."I could eat a million of these"

paradox

self-contradictory statement: a statement that contradicts itself

rhetoric

speech or writing that communicates its point persuasivly

  • These were found on encarta.com!!