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14 Cards in this Set
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colloquialism
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regional dialect
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euphemism
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use of a less offensive term in place of a harsher one
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invective
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abusive term/ diction
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aphorism
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a short, meaningful, instructive saying
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apostrophe
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the addressing of someone that is not present
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metonymy
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a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept
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synecdoche
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substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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anaphora
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using a pronoun/ similar word instead of repeating one used earlier
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homily
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religous/ moral insight
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inversion
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reversal of normal word order
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paradox
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a statement that seems to contradict itself, but actually makes sense
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syntax
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the grammatical structure of a sentence
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fallacy
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a flaw in reasoning
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syllogism
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deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
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