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25 Cards in this Set
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anecdote |
short account of an incident |
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ambiguity |
unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
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Anachronism |
something located at a time when it could not have existed |
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canon |
a collection of books accepted as holy |
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syntax |
a study of rules |
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invective |
abusive language used to express blame |
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consonance |
the property of sounding harmonious |
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assonance |
the repetition of similar vowels |
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deductive |
relating to logical deduction |
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asyndeton |
omission of conjunctions |
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denotation |
the most direct meaning |
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euphemism |
an inoffensive expression substituted |
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appeal |
urgent request |
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motif |
a recurrent element in work |
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parallelism |
similarly by virtue of corresponding |
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allegory |
a short moral story |
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propaganda |
information that is spread to promote some cause |
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analogy |
drawing a comparison in order to show similarity |
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syllogism |
reasoning in which a conclusion is made from 2 different points |
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anecdote |
short account of an incident |
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alliteration |
same consonant at the beginning of each word |
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anaphora |
repetition of a word to begin successive clauses |
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colloquial |
unformal spoken language |
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epitaph |
inscription in memory of a buried person |
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satire |
witty language used to insult |
