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7 Cards in this Set
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Metonomy
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Use another word with the meaning of the implied word; ex. He's too fond of BACCHUS (god of wine, so wine)
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Synecdoche
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Part of the whole
Ex. All hands on deck |
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Alsyndeton
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W/out any connectors (no 'et' or 'que')
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Polysyndenton
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Many connectors (alot of 'et' and 'que')
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Syncopated Form
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Poet's right to change a form of a word 2 make it fit in the passage
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Patronymic
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a name derived from a paternal ancestor
Ex. Mercury, the grandson of Atlas |
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Epithet
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fixed words or phrases tjat ccompany a name as furth identification
Ex. referring to Mercury's special staff |
