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10 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
Definition: A fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concept Example: The story of Icarus: Icarus fashions wings for himself out of wax, but when he flies too close to the sun his wings melt. This story is a message about the dangers of reaching beyond our powers. |
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Apostrophe |
Definition: A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker Example: "Ugh, cellphone, why won't you load my messages?" |
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Chiasmus |
Definition: In which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect Example: "Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?" |
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Jargon |
Definition: A literary term that is broadly associated with a subject, occupation, or business that makes use of standard words or phrases frequently; it is basically deliberate slang for the convenience of a specific section of society Example: Code Eight |
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Understatement |
Definition: A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is Example: "I have to get surgery. It isn't very serious; it's just a little tumor in my brain." |
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Periodic sentence |
Definition: A sentence that has the main clause or predicate at the end Example: Despite heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. |
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Cumulative sentence |
Definition: Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on. Example: "She came among them behind the man, gaunt in a gray shapeless garment and the sunbonnet, wearing stained canvas gymnasium shoes." |
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Inversion |
Definition: Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb- object order) Example: "United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do." |
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Aphorism |
Definition: A concise expression or statement of observation or doctrine that is generally accepted as a truth Example: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" (Atticus). |
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Synecdoche |
Definition: Figure of speech that uses a part to represent a whole Example: "About Gatsby! No, I haven't. I said I'd been making a small investigation of the past" "And you found he was an Oxford man," said Jordan helpfully. "An Oxford man!"He was incredulous. "Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit!" "Nevertheless he's an Oxford man." "Oxford, New Mexico," snorted Tom contemptuously, "or something like that," |
