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19 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of initial sounds in adjacent words or syllables; Turquoise Tigers Tackled Twelve Tourists
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Allusion
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referring to something indirectly
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Paradox
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a statement that seems contrary to common sense and yet is perhaps true
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Oxymoron
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A combination of contradictory words; cruel kindness
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Synecdoche
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a figure of speech by which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made; all hands on deck, 20 pair of eyes are looking at me (instead of people, just a part)
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Metonymy
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a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; "crown" for "royalty"; the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it, such as describing someone's clothing to characterize the individual, Chicago beat New York (not actually the cities, but teams from them, metaphor-ish), the white house for a person, big for small
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Chiasmus
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a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed; never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you, when the going gets tough the tough get going
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Aphorism
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a short saying stating a general truth; an apple a day keeps the doctor away
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Dramatic Irony
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an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story
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Situational Irony
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involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs
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Verbal Irony
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is a trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express
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Foreshadowing
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to give a hint or suggestion of beforehand
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Euphemism
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the substitution of a mild or pleasant expression for one offensive or unpleasant; passed away and died
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Hyperbole
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extravagent exaggeration used as a figure of speech; million times worse
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Personification
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think of or represent as a person; to be the embodiment of
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a word for one idea or thing is used in place of another to suggest a likeness between them
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Simile
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a figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared by the use of like or as
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Anecdote
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a brief story of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident; what Mr. Zinter uses in choir, story to relate to a point, church sermons
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Conceit
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an elaborate or strained metaphor; extended metaphor; Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul,/ And sings the tune--without the words,/ And never stops at all
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