Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
alliteration |
repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence |
|
|
allusion |
brief reference to a person, event, or place or to a work of art |
|
|
anaphora |
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines |
|
|
antimetabole |
repetition of words in reverse order |
|
|
antithesis |
opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction. |
|
|
archaic diction |
old-fashioned or outdated choice of words |
|
|
asyndeton |
omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clasuses, or words |
|
|
cumulative sentence |
sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on |
|
|
hortative sentence |
sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action |
|
|
imperative sentence |
sentence used to command or enjoin |
|
|
inversion |
inverted order of words in a sentence |
|
|
juxtaposition |
placement of two things closely together to emphsize similarities or differences |
|
|
metaphor |
figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as |
|
|
oxymoron |
paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradice one another |
|
|
parallelism |
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |
|
|
periodic sentence |
sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end |
|
|
personification |
attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea |
|
|
rhetorical question |
figure of speech in the form of a question pased for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer |
|
|
synecdoche |
figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole |
|
|
zeugma |
use fo two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings. |
