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28 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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To have a double-meaning
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Allusion
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A reference to another work
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Synecdoche
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A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole, such as saying "give us this day our daily bread", but you mean more than that.
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Apostrophe
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An idea, a dead person, or an abstract quality is addressed as if it is present.
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Euphemism
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The substitution of a mild expression for a harsh one.
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Hyberbole
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An exageration
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Connotation v. Denotation
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Implied meaning v. Actual meaning
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Pedantic
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complicated words
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Monosyllabic v. Polysyballic
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One-syllable words v. words with many syllables
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Euphonious v. cacaphonic
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Sounds good v. sounds bad
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Overstated v. understated
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An exaggeration v. something not given enough credit (I'm a little thirsty when in the Sahara desert)
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Colloquial
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Particular to an age or group
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Conceit
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A witty or clever remark or idea--a few figures of speech put together
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words or in stressed syllabes
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Invective
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speech or writing that is denuncitory
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Epithet
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an adj. or phrase expressing an attribute which is a characteristic of a person or thing (Chalky white, Long John)
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Synathesia
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The mixing of senses, the appeal to more than one sense, the response of several senses to the stimulation of one
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Telegraphic sentence
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Sentence shorter than five words.
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Loose sentence
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A sentence you can stop before the end and it still makes sense.
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Periodic sentence
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A sentence that does not make sense until you read the last word.
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Anaphora
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Deliberate repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of 2 or more sentences
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Asyndeton
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A series of words separated by commas, but with no conjunction
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Polysyndeton
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Items in a series using a conjunction to separate them.
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Freight-train
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Three or more short independent clauses joined by conjunctions. Can be separated by commas, periods, etc.
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Cumulative
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Sentence begins with the main idea, then adds detail
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Ellipsis
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A structure that leaves out something from a previous structure.
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Inversion
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Deviation from normal word order; Yoda-speak
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Prallelism
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Repetition and close proximity of equal grammatical structures
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