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34 Cards in this Set
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a basic sentence with the details added immediately at the end of the sentence
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loose sentence
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a sentence in which details are placed either before the sentence, or in the middle of the sentence
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periodic sentence
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similarity of structure in pair or series of related word, phrases, or clauses,
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parallelism
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He tried to make the law clear, precise, and equitable.
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parallelism
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deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses.
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asyndeton
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I came, I saw, I conquered
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asyndeton
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the opposite of asyndeton: deliberate use of many conjunctions
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polysyndeton
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i said... and then... and then.... and.. and... and then
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polysyndeton
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repetition of initial consonant sounds
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alliteration
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repetition of initial vowel sound
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assonance
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repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of clauses
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anaphora
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The Lord sineth above the water floods. The Lord remaineth king forever. the Lord... the lord...
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anaphora
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an implied comparison between two things without using like or as
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metaphor
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an explicit comparison between two unlike things using like and as
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simile
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a figure of speech in which a part stands for a whole
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synedoche
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genus=species
vessel=ship silver=money |
synedoche
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substitution of some suggestive word for what is actually meant
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metonymy
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crown=royalty
wealth=rich people |
metonymy
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describes one part of speech but governs two or more parts of the sentence
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zeugma
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As virgil guided Dante through the inferno, the Sibyl (guided) Aeneas (through) Avernus
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zeugma
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exaggeration
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hyperbole
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understatement
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litotes
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asking a question which does not have an answer
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rhetorical question
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conveys opposite of actual meaning of a word
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irony
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For Brutus is an honorable man (not)
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irony
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contradictory statement that contains a little bit of truth
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paradox
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art is a form of lying to tell the truth
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paradox
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presenting information in a story for telling "what happened"
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Mode: narrative
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tells how something looks, sounds, smells, feels, or tastes.
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Mode: description
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gets at the meaning of something. Formal, extended, stipulative.
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Mode: definition
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groups numerous individual items by their similarities or breaks one large category into smaller categories
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Mode: Classification/Division
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telling how something is done or how to do something
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Mode: Process/analysis
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highlights similarities and differences between items using block or point by point method
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Mode: comparison/contrast
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analyzing why something occurred or speculating what the consequences might be
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Mode: cause and effect
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