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Steve English:
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> in the box were right for the task. That means not
> ruling out metaphor,
> foreshadowing, rhyme, meter, alliteration, or even fortuitous
> circumstance if it gets the job done.
Most of the examples I use involve fortuitous circumstance.
"Gee - the user in the example just happens to be doing something that
involves the very concept we are talking about, what are the odds of that
happening?"
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