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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_highlight(self, artist):
 """Create a new highlight for the given artist."""

        highlight = copy.copy(artist)
        highlight.set(color=self.highlight_color, mec=self.highlight_color,
                      lw=self.highlight_width, mew=self.highlight_width)
        artist.axes.add_artist(highlight)
        return highlight