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30 Cards in this Set
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Antithesis
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Contrast of ideas using parallel structure
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Metaphor
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Comparing using "is"
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Chiasmus
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Related clauses with reverse structure
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Litotes
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Understatement to say opposite of hyperbole
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Personification
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Giving an inanimate object human qualities
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Anaphora
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Repition of a word or sound
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Hyperbole
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Overstatement
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Paradox
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True Statement that contradicts itself
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Allegory
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extended metaphor with significance and meaning
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Pathos
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Appeal to emotions
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Analogy
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Comparison
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Alliteration
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1st letter repition
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Aphorism
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Short statement of truth
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Metonymy
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Substitute one word for another
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Synecdoche
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Substituting part for whole or whole for part
"Set of wheels" = Car |
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Antithesis
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Contrast of ideas using parallel structure
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Metaphor
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Comparing using "is"
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Chiasmus
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Related clauses with reverse structure
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Litotes
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Understatement to say opposite of hyperbole
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Personification
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Giving an inanimate object human qualities
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Anaphora
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Repition of a word or sound
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Hyperbole
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Overstatement
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Paradox
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True Statement that contradicts itself
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Allegory
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extended metaphor with significance and meaning
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Pathos
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Appeal to emotions
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Analogy
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Comparison
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Alliteration
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1st letter repition
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Aphorism
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Short statement of truth
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Metonymy
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Substitute one word for another
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Synecdoche
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Substituting part for whole or whole for part
"Set of wheels" = Car |
