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Got you—here’s a much simpler version with clear, everyday examples:

Colloquial language = casual, everyday speech
👉 Example: “gonna,” “y’all,” “what’s up?”

Idiom = a phrase that doesn’t literally mean what it says
👉 Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs” = it’s raining a lot

Euphemism = a nicer/softer way to say something harsh
👉 Example: “passed away” instead of “died”

Inclusive diction = using words like “we” or “our” to include the audience
👉 Example: “We all need to do better.”

Zeugma = one word is used for two things
👉 Example: “She broke his car and his heart.”

Lexical field = words related to the same topic
👉 Example (school): teacher, homework, classroom, test

Semantic field = words connected by meaning or variations
👉 Example (run): running, rerun, runway, outrun

Rhetoric = using language to persuade
👉 Example: A speech convincing people to vote

Satire = making fun of something to show it’s wrong
👉 Example: A show joking about politics to criticize it

Foil = a character who is very different from another character
👉 Example: A serious character next to a goofy one

Flashback = going back to a past event
👉 Example: A character remembers their childhood

Foreshadowing = hinting at what will happen later
👉 Example: “I have a bad feeling about this…”

In media res = starting in the middle of action
👉 Example: Story opens with a car chase, then explains later

If you want, I can turn this into a super short cheat sheet or quiz you on it 👍