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14 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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something that represents something broader
ex. wife named Faith |
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Alliosis
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presenting alternatives
aliORsis ex. eat well or sleep well |
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Ambiguity
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narrator leaves blanks for reader to fill in with imagination
ex. The girl by the telescope. |
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Anacoluthon
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disruption of syntax to create confusion
ex. "What they are, i know not yet." |
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Anadipolosis
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repeating of last word of clause at the beginning of the next one
Anna lee. Lee anna. |
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Anaphora
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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive line in poems
ex. "It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place." |
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Anapodoton
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deliberately making a fragment by emission of a clause
ex. Emma does. |
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Anecdote
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attention getter
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Antanaclasis
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repeating a word with a different meaning each time
ex. Mock, mock, mock... |
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Antimetabole
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repetition in reverse order, anti time table
ex. Tim is cold and cold is Tim |
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Aposiopesis
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deliberately not finishing a sentence for effect
ex. Get Tim or else - |
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Apostrophe
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when a character speaks to someone not present
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Asyndeton
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simplicity
ex. Been there, done that. |
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Assonance
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repetition of same VOWEL sound
ex. Your an an ass if you use a lot of vowel sounds |
