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18 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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repetition of initial consonant sound
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allusion
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reference to something outside the work, place person, or event
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anadiplosis
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repetition of the last word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses
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analogy
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reasoning or arguing from parallel cases
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anaphora
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repetition of the same work or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses
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anithesis
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juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases
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apostrophe
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breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing
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assonance
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identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words
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asyndeton
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omission of conjuctions between words, phrases, or clauses
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chiamus
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a verbal pattern in which the second galf of an expression is balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed
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ellipsis
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omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader
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epizeuxis
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repetition of a word for emphasis
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ethos
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persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narator
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hyperbole
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an extravagant statement
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irony
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use of words to convery the opposite of their literal meaning
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litotes
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a figure of speach consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
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logos
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means of persuasion by demonstration of the truth, real, or appearent
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metaphor
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implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common
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