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paradox
oxymoron
pun / double
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verbal,
dramatic,
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verbal,
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Devices
(obscure):
hyperbole
meiosis
litotes
antithesis
paradox
oxymoron
pun / double
entendre
verbal,
dramatic,
situational
irony
AP Literature and Composition C. Sawada Assignment: select a central emotion or physical state and create your own wheel. (20 pts)