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What is it called when a character is portrayed opposite the stereotype for comedic effect?

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What type of a literary device is this? [duplicate]

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Why do depictions of foreigners in English media compulsively insert foreign words from their mother tongue?

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Word for a phrase that by ambiguity could be accidentally self-deprecating

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What is it called when the last word of a sentence is also used as the first word of the next sentence? [duplicate]

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What is the name of this rhetorical device involving the use of One. Word. Sentences. For. Effect

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"Lessen, poisoned gulls, ditcher wander hair annulled furry tell a boarder Slipping Booty?"

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Term for: People acting normally while others disbelieve

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Literary term for referring to a future event in the story line

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What do you call it when people mix truth and lies?

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What type of literary technique is the phrase 'star-crossed lovers' in 'Romeo and Juliet'?

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Seeking a name for literary device/technique involving denial and hypothetical dialogue

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What is “narrative nonfiction”, exactly? Isn't every nonfiction narrative?

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'She looked incredible. Then she looked at me'

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Literary term for an obvious understatement to emphasize excess

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Looking for Literary technique's name

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Is 'Rumbling' an example of an onomatopoeia?

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Is there a term when the final spelling of a word is changed for rhyming purposes?

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What kind of literacy device is "“Amen” stuck in my throat."?

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A word for 'independent episodes'

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