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21 Cards in this Set
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Allusion
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Reference to something well-known in culture or literature
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Analogy
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Comparison between two things that are similar in order to clarify an idea
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Anecdote
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Short, personal story, usually used to clarify an idea or show a picture
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Antithesis
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Opposite of an idea, used to help clarify a point. The juxtaposition of contrasting words
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Apostrophe
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Speaking directly to someone who cannot answer back, like someone who is dead
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Circumlocution
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To write around a subject, to say nothing or speak evasively
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Ethos
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Writer's credibility
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Imagery
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Descriptive language used to evoke the senses. Picturesque language
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Oxymoron
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Figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect
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Paradox
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Juxtaposition of conflicting ideas to reveal a truth
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Juxtaposition
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Put things side by side for comparison
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Understatement
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Saying less than reality to emphasize reality
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Connotation
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Emotional aspect of a word
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Slanted language
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Biased language
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Colloquial expressions
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Figures of speech that are regional to a geographical area or time period
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Concrete language
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Show something is well-defined so that the argument is valid
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Synecdoche
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Part of something is used to represent the whole, "forty sails" to describe a fleet of 40 ships
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Irony
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Deliberate contrast between two different ideas
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration to show writer's emotions "i almost died laughing"
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Paradox
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Seems contradictory/impossible on the surface, but can be possible
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Rhetorical question
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Question that isn't meant to be answered. Used to emphasize a point
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