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11 Cards in this Set
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Parison |
Repeating the entire sentence or clause almost exactly. |
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Epizeuxis |
Repeating words in immediate succession. Ex: the horror, the horror. |
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Asyndeton |
Practice of leaving out the usual conjunctions between coordinate sentence elements. (smile, shake hands, part) |
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Anatanaclasis |
Punning on a repeated word to obtain different meanings. (put out the light and then put out the light) |
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Anadiplosis |
Repetition of key word at end and starting with it in the next sentence. |
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Jargon |
Words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession or pursuit. |
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Euphenmism |
less offensive way of saying something that may not be pleasant. |
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Epithet |
words or phrase in place of persons name or association with it. |
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Didactic |
From Greek "teaching" primary aim for teaching especially a moral or ethic principle. |
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Bombast |
pretentious exaggeratedly learned language. Trying to be eloquent by using the largest, uncommon words. |
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Archaic |
Use of old fashioned language. |
