Figures Of Speech

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Alliteration

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repetition of the same sound in two or more words.

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Anachronism

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using a custom, event, or object to a period to which it doesn't belong.

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Anaphora

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repetition of a word at the beginning of clauses or phrases.

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Anastrophe

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inversion of usual word order.

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Aposiopesis

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abrupt failure to complete a sentence.

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Chiasmus

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arrangement of words in opposite order.

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Contrast

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words arranged to reinforce or suggest a distinction.

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Ecphrasis

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extended description describing a place, connected at the end to the main narrative. Used in epics for a transition to a new one.

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Ellipsis

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omission of one or more words necessary to the scene.

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Enjambment

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running of a sentence from one verse to another so that closely related words fall in different lines, but carry over the emotion or meaning to the next line.

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Graphic Word Order

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arrangement of the words to create a word-picture.

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Hendiadys

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use of two noun connected by a conjunction to form a noun-adjective agreement.

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Irony

Back 13

use, intentional or unintentional, of words to form a contradiction.

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Juxtaposition

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words not grammatically related placed side by side.

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Litotes

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negation of the opposite.

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Metaphor

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implied comparison without like or as.

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Metonymy

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use of one noun in place of another closely related noun.

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Mythological Allusion

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reference to a mythological or historical figure or story.

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Onomatopoeia

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use of words that sounds like what it means.

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Personification

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treatment of inanimate objects as human.

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Polysyndeton

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use of necessary conjunctions.

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Prolepsis

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use of a word/event before it is appropriate.

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Rhetorical Question

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question that anticipates no answer.

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Simile

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expressed comparison using like or as

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Synchesis

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Interlocking Word Order; arranging words so that one word of each pair is between one word of another pair.

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Tmesis

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separation of the parts of a word.

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Transferred Epithet

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characteristic of something or someone given to another thing closely associated with it.

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Tricolon

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accumulation of three parallel words, phrases, clauses.

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Vivid Particularization

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use of a proper noun or series of names in place of a generalization.