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Understatement To state that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really is
Found Example “I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.” (Salinger, Catcher in the Rye)
Original Example He underestimated the grave situation they were facing.
Allegory a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
Found Example All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others. (Orwell, Animal Farm)
Anthology a published collection of writings (such as poems or short stories) by different authors
Found Example The band will be releasing an anthology of their earlier albums. (Merriam-Webster)
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Found Example Bronte, Jane Eyre
Epic A long narrative poem; On a serious subject; Written in a grand or elevated style; Centered on a larger-than-life hero.
Found Example Homer, Iliad
Epitaph Something written or said in memory of a dead person; especially words written on a tombstone
Found Example The epitaph reads “In Loving memory of John Smith: husband, father, soldier”. (Merriam-Webster)
Epigram A short and clever poem or saying
Found Example Remember that time is money. (Benjamin Franklin)
Fable A short story that usually is about animals and that is intended to teach a lesson
Found Example Tortoise and the Hare (Aesop’s Fables)
Farce a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable …show more content…

And again I hear these waters…” (Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey)
Original Example I want my money right now, right here, all right?
Anathema A strong curse
Found Example “Maugham was not only prolific but also a best-seller, though snobs dismissed his work as middlebrow (a category that few people worry about in our day but that once was anathema).” (White, New York Review of Books)
Original Example The sergeant clutched the ruined communicator, muttering anathemas.
Anecdote a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh
Found Example What is that? Bells, dogs again! Is it a dream? I sob and cry. See! The door opens, fur-clad men Rush to my rescue; frail am I; Feeble and dying, dazed and glad. There is the pistol where it dropped. “Boys, it was hard — but I’m not mad. . . . Look at the clock — it stopped, it stopped. Carry me out. The heavens smile. See! There’s an arch of gold above. Now, let me rest a little while — Looking to God and Love . . .and Love . . .” (Service, Death in the Arctic)
Original Example There are different kinds of anecdotes depending on the occasion, like weddings or in a

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