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7 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repition of sounds, especially inital consonant sounds in two or more niegihboring words
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Clause
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a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb
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Extended Metaphor
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a metaphor developed at great length, occuring frequently in or throughtout a work
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Irony/Ironic
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the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant
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Parody
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a work that closely imitates the stlye or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
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Rhetorical Methods
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a flexible term decribes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing
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Theme
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the central idea or message of a work, the insightt it offers into life
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