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22 Cards in this Set
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Anastrophe
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Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis.
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Anthimeria
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Substitution of one part of speech for another.
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Aphorism
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A short pithy instructive saying.
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Apostrophe
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Turning one's speech from one audience to another. Most of anastrophe occurs when one addresses oneself to an abstraction, to an inanimate object, or to the absent.
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Assonance
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The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words.
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Asydenton
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The omission of conjunctions between clauses, often resulting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect.
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Blank Verse
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Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter).
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Cacophony
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The use of words and phrases that imply strong, harsh sounds within the phrase. These words have jarring and dissonant sounds that create disturbing, objectionable atmosphere.
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Caesura
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A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.
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Caricature
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A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect.
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Chiasmus
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Repetitions of ideas in inverted order; repetition of grammatical structures in inverted order.
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Colloquialism
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A colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
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Canon
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A rule or a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art of philosophy.
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Conceit
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An extended metahor; Unlike allegory, which tends to have one-to-one correspondences, a conceit typically takes one subject and explores the mataphoric possibilities in the qualities associated with that subject.
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Concrete Language
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Identifies things percieved through the senses (touch, smell, sight, hearing, and taste), such as soft, stench, red, loud, or bitter, respectively.
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Connotation
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An idea that is implied or suggested.
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Consonance
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The repitition of consonants in words stressed at the same place, but whose vowels differ. Kind of inverted alliteration.
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Deduction
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A method of reasoning from the general to the specific.
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Denotation
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The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression.
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Dissonance
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Internal and external sounds within prose or verse are avoided. In effect, this is the opposite of assonance and consonance.
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End-stopped
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Ending in a syntactic and rhythmic pause.
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Dramatic irony
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Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the story.
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