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Huh? I still don’t get it!!!

Huh? I still don’t get it!!!. What the ???? What are language features ? AKA: literary devices … figurative language techniques … language forms and features … the “HOW” of English questions about texts … ????. Your Goal…. Acronym. Juxtaposition. Pun. Anecdote. Repetition.

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Huh? I still don’t get it!!!

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  1. Huh? I still don’t get it!!! What the ???? What arelanguage features? AKA: literary devices… figurative language techniques… language forms and features… the “HOW” of English questions about texts… ????

  2. Your Goal…

  3. Acronym

  4. Juxtaposition

  5. Pun

  6. Anecdote

  7. Repetition

  8. Alliteration

  9. Allusion

  10. Metaphor

  11. Irony/Juxtaposition

  12. Acronym

  13. Anecdote Cary Grant is said to have been reluctant to reveal his age to the public, having played the youthful lover for more years than would have been appropriate. One day, while he was sorting out some business with his agent, a telegram arrived from a journalist who was desperate to learn how old the actor was. It read: HOW OLD CARY GRANT? Grant, who happened to open it himself, immediately cabled back: OLD CARY GRANT FINE. HOW YOU?

  14. Juxtaposition

  15. Oxymoron

  16. Jargon

  17. Satire

  18. Repetition

  19. Satire/Allusion

  20. Juxtaposition/Contrast

  21. Satire

  22. Irony

  23. Metaphor

  24. Pun/Stereotype/Imagery Bank failures in JapanWe all know that financial uncertainty has hit many countries, including Japan. Did you hear?The Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches.Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived. Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, and Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black.Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

  25. Jargon

  26. Pun

  27. Ambiguity

  28. Euphemism

  29. Pun/Colloquialism

  30. Innuendo

  31. Hyperbole

  32. Personification

  33. Imagery

  34. Satire

  35. Oxymoron

  36. Sarcasm

  37. Onomatopoeia

  38. Oxymoron

  39. Hyperbole

  40. Imperative

  41. Stereotype

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