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31 Cards in this Set

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Alliteration
repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words
Anadiplosis
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
Anaphora
repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or sentences
Anastrophe
inversion of the natural or usual word order
Antithesis
the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
Apophasis
asserts or emphasizes something by seeming to pass over, ignore, or deny it
Apposition
placing, side by side, two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation of the first
Assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more adjacent words
Asyndeton
deliberate omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses
Chaismus
reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses
Climax
arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing importance
Ellipsis
deliberate omission of a word or words, which are readily implied by the context
Epanalepsis
repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause
Epistrophe
repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases or clauses
Euphemism
the substitution of less pungent words for harsh ones, with ironic effect
Expletive
a single word or phrase, usuallt interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasisto the words immediately proximate to the expletive
Hyperbole
the use of exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect
Hypophora
raising questions, then answering them
Litotes
the use of deliberate understatement for emphasis or effect
Metaphor
implied comparison between two things of unlike nature, yet which have something in common
Metonymy
using words, that sound like what they mean
Oxymoron
a paradox reduced to two words
Paradox
a statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Paranthesis
insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence
Personification
investing abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities
Polysyndeton
deliberate use of many conjunctions
Pun
word play
Rhetorical Question
asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely
Simile
an explicit comparison, usually using "like", "as", or "than" between two things of unlike nature yet have something in common
Synecdoche
using a part to represent a whole