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19 Cards in this Set
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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
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alliteration
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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
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allusion
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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paradox
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conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
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oxymoron
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a part for the whole, 20 pair of eyes are looking at me
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synecdoche
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a whole for the part, Chicago beat New York
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metonymy
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a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
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chiasmus
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saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
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aphorism
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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
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dramatic irony
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an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does
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situational irony
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what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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verbal irony
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to show or indicate beforehand
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foreshadowing
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt; "to pass away" and "to die"
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euphemism
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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hyperbole
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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions
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personification
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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”
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metaphor
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two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life"
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simile
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a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature
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anecdote
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an elaborate, fanciful metaphor
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conceit
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