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37 Cards in this Set
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Pun
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-repetition of a single world in two different senses
-a play on words that sound alike -use of a single word with 2 different meanings |
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Metaphor
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an implied comparison between two unlike things
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simile
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an explicit comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS
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Personification
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attributing human qualities to an inanimate object
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Irony
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the writer takes on another voice or role that states the opposite of what is being expressed.
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration for emphasis
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Litotes
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opposite of hyperbole, intensifies an idea by understatement
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Synecdoche
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related to classification and division
Ex) bread stands for food hands stand for helpers |
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Metonymy
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disnation of one thing with something closely associated with it
Ex) the king is the CROWN newspaper is the PRESS |
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Oxymoron
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contradiction between two words
Ex) parting is such sweet sorrow |
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Paradox
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a statement that appears to be contradictory but in fact has some truth
Ex) he worked hard at being lazy |
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Onomatopoeia
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refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces their meaning
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Parallelism
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expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures
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Parallelism
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expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures
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Chiasmus
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Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating some of the same words
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Climax
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placing events in order of importance
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Epanalepsis
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reptition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the clause
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Antithesis
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the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
Ex) our art bring us together and sets us apart |
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Epistrophe
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reptition of the same word or group of words at the ends of clauses
Ex) I'll have my bond. Speak not against my bond....etc |
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Zeugma
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when two different words that sound exactly alike are yoked together
Ex) he bolted teh door and his dinner. |
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the succesive words
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Assonance
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involves reptition of sounds within the words
Ex) nose to toes, no pain no gain |
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Consonance
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words ath ends of verses in which the final consonants in the stressed syllables agree but the words that preced them differ. "half rhyme"
Ex) distilled, begun, herself, afternoon |
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Rhetorical Question
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question that does not require an answer
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Apostrophe
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when you turn away from the audience and address a new person
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Euphemism
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you substitue less pungent words for harsh ones
Ex) instead of using death, you use pass away |
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Anastrophe
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word orders is reversed or rearranged
-the way yoda speaks |
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Apposition
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the placing next to a noun another noun or phrase taht explains it
Ex) pollution, the city's biggest problem,............ |
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Paranthesis
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insertion of words, phrases or a sentence that is no syntactically related to the rest of the sentence.
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Asyndenton
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conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose
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Polysyndenton
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over use of conjunctions
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Polysyndenton
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over use of conjunctions
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Anaphora
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the regular repetititon of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.
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Scesis onomaton
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when you emphasize an idea by expressing it in a string of generally synonmous phrases or statements
Ex) we were sucessful, we were victorious, we were defeat |
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Sententia
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quoting a wise saying to apply a general truth to the situation
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Enumeration
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detailing parts, causes, affects or consequences to make a point more forcivly.
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Anadiplosis
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construction words where you repeat the last word of a phrase, clause or sentence at or very near the beginning of teh next phrase.
Ex) that one christian morality prayer on the back cover.... |
