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(also called bathos) a figure of speech in which there is a sudden change in style from the dignified to the silly or ridiculous, often used by writers for comic effect, e.g. I came, I saw, I tripped over my feet.
a short section or speech at the end of a story or play, in which the story or fate of its...
a figure of speech in which we attribute human characteristics to an inanimate object, e.g. the...
the form of a word that shows something it is bigger or more intense, e.g. overweight, superstar...
any writing in poetic form. See blank verse and free verse.
a restatement of the contents of a passage, in your own words.