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literary device or repeat the same initial sound several times in rather close sucession
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alliteration
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five miles meandering with a mazy motion
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two or more storylines happening at the same time
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allegory
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Wizard of Oz
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brief reference to a person, place or event that is familiar to many people
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allusion
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J.C. - Jim Casy and Jesus Christ
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repetition of beginning sentence or phrases
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anaphora
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when two contradictory phrases are placed side-by-side
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antithesis
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figure of speech where absent are present, inanimate as though animate or dead as though living
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apostrophe
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repetition of vowel sounds
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assonance
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cell and shells
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omittance of conjunction
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asyndeton
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i came, i saw, i conquered
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something that is accepted as authentic
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cannon
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religious rules or laws
Einstein's theories |
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figure of speech where there are 2 independent clauses and the 2nd is the reverse of the 1st
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chiasmus
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He thinks I am but a fool. Perhaps a fool I am.
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characteristic of conversation, informal writing, slang
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colloquial
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old timers
monkeying around |
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a comparison of 2 unlikely things
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conceit
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surgery and religious doings - both meticulous
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repetition of 2 or more consonants but vowels change
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consonane
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click clack
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proess of applying a generalization to a particular instance or individual case
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deductive reasoning
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cause and effect
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manner of expressing one's ideas
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diction
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word choice
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piece of writing with an instructional purpose
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didatic
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Esop's Fable
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poem about death
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elegy
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repetition at the ends of lines
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epistrophe
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writing on a headstone
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epitaphe
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dealing with ethics and morals
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ethos
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mild or indirect word or phrase use instead of one that is more direct or harsh or that has unpleasant connotations
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euphemism
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equivocation - lie
left us - died |
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deals with the same thing as deals with a process of interpreting your info
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exposition
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speech written in praise of someone
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eulogy
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usually said at a funeral
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lengthy metaphor
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extended metaphor
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earlier events appear in the story
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flashback
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type of story, categories for literature
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genre
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a sermon, usually having a moral
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homily
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exaggeration for the sake of effect and not meant to be taken literally
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hyperbole
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I'm amazed. He ate at least a thousand hot dogs!
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process of reasoning from particular instances or individual cases to a generalization
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inductive reasonsing
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like jeopardy, have the answer, going backwards for the question
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conclusion through info you are given
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inference
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form of expression implying something different, even opposite, from what is actually said
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irony
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Ex: "We had a marvelous time on our vacation. we had 3 flats tires going up, and it rained everyday, and our tent leaked."
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when you have a sentence whereby the grammar and structure are exactly the same
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isocolon
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"Many are called, but few are chosen."
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placing ideas side-by-side
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juxtaposition
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a type of understatement in which the writer or speaker says in a negative form the opposite of what he really means
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litote
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ex: "A million dollars is no small piece of change."
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sentence in which the grammatical form and essential meaning are complete before the end
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loose sentence
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"Life is a piece of cake."
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which the name of something closely associated with a thing is substituted for its name
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metonymy
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ex: "At an early age, she felt drawn to the stage."
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a number of words which imitate or suggest the sound associated with a certain thing or action
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onomatopoeia
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ex: beep, boom crackle
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contradictory statements
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oxymoron
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Ex: jumbo shrimp
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short pointed, often witty statement of a fact or opinion, either in verse or prose, which presents an idea in seemingly contradictory terms but probably true
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paradox
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fight for peace
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deals with emotins
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pathos
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ex: advertisement try to hook your emotions
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a sentence in which the main thought is not complete until the end
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periodic sentence
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figure of speech in which a lifeless thing or quality is spoken of as if alive
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personification
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an argument technique
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rebuttal
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use of ridicule, irony, or sarcasm to make fun of a person, a custom, an idea, or an institution
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satire
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comparison b/t two unlike things, introduced w/ like or as
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simile
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ex: "Those mussels tastes like foam rubber."
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manner in which a writer arranges words
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style
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figure of speech in which the writer names a part when the wholoe is intended or th ewhole when only a part is intended
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synedoche
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Ex. : "Is Chicago in the World Series?"
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refers to the relationship of words and word groups in sentences
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syntax
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central idea of a work
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theme
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Ex. As I Lay Dying - death
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attitude the writer take to subject
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tone
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Ex: comical, sarcastic
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form of verb that shows whether the subject is the doer of the action named by the verb
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voice
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ex: active or passive
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when u have a verb or adj which is applied to 2 or more nouns
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zeugma
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Ex: "The thief took my purse and th 5th ave bus."
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a form of deductive reasoning
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syllogism
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blend of 2 or more words
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portmanteau words
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Ex: gasohol & medicare
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