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11 Cards in this Set
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Acerbic Tone |
sharpness or bitterness of expression |
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Anaphora |
Repetition of a word or phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. Ex: We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. |
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Antecedent |
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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Antistrophe |
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of the sucessive clauses Ex: In 1935, italy invaded Ethiopia- without warning. In 1938, Hitler occupied Austria- without warning. |
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Antithesis |
A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses. Ex: Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue. |
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Aphorism |
A brief statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. Ex: Milton thou shouldest be living at the hour. England hath need of thee |
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Asyndeton |
Commas used to separate a series of words. Ex: But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. |
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Bathos |
Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity sometimes to the point of being melodramtic |
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Chiasmus |
Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of XYYX |
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Analogy |
A comparison to directly parallel case. |
