Rhetorical Devices Hard Vocab

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antimetabole

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type of chiasmus, repetition of IDENTICAL words, EXACT WORDS, NOT JUST SYNTAX are flipped

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chiasmus

Back 2

order of terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed; a reversal of the GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES IN SUCCESSIVE CLAUSES

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epistrophe

Back 3

Opposite of anaphora: reptition of words at the end of a sentence in a series

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conceit

Back 4

elaborate, farfetched metaphor

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expletive

Back 5

figure of emphasis in which a single ord or short phrase, inturrupting normal speech, in used to lend emphasis to the words on either side. EX: In fact, of course, I suppose.

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irony

Back 6

say something, mean something else
Expect something, get something else

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lilotes

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form of understatement. Denying the opposite or contrary of the word which would be used. Ex Hot vs Not cold

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loose sentence

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Independent followed by dependent. meaning in front

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metonymy

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calling something that which it is associated with

sword -> iron

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motif

Back 10

recurring element in literary works

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periodic sentence

Back 11

dependent, followed by independent

meaning at end

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satire

Back 12

something made to make someone look foolish, trying to improve things

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sarcasm

Back 13

use the opposite words of what you mean

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synchyses

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AB, AB patter. ballances pairs in coordinate fasion

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synecdoche

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when a part of something is referring to the whole thing

Jump on board, not ship

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tautology

Back 16

repeating two words with the same meaning

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tetracolon

Back 17

series of 4 coordinate items

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tricolon

Back 18

series of 3 coordinate items

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understatement

Back 19

expresses an event as less important than it is

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Climax

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arranging words, clauses, in order of increasing importance. Parallel often, but not essential.