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23 Cards in this Set
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any artful deviation in thought or expression from the ordinary or simple(resources of language, sophisticated dressings)
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figures of speech
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(form, shape) deviation from ordinary pattern/arrangement of words
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schemes
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(to turn) deviation from ordinary significance/meaning of a word
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tropes
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sentence with structural similarity (word/phrase/clause) so that elements of equal importance have equal development
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parallelism
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parallel elements with the same structure and length
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isocolon
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"We have reached a point of great descision, not just for our nation, nor for all of humanity, but for life upon the earth -George Wald
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order of importance
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the placing together of normally unassociated ideas/phrases
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antithesis
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placing together two opposing words of ideas
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juxtaposition
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seemingly contradictory statement that contains a measure of truth
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paradox
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two contradictory terms (condensed paradox)
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oxymoron
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series of items in a meaningful sentence
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listing
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rhythmic movement from one subject to the next
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transition/segue
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omission of word(s) which are redily implied by the context (used for the economy of words)
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ellipsis
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omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses (usually before last item in a list - hurried rhythm)
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asyndeton
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inserting next to a noun another noun/phrase that renames it (related to the sentence)
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apposition/appositive
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inserting words syntacticallly unrelated using dash/parenthesis (hear author's voice, emotional charge)
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parenthesis
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repitition of same word(s) at the beginning of successive phrases/clauses/sentences (strong emotional effect)
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anaphora
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repitition of last word of phrase/clause/sentence as the first word in next phrase/clause/sentence
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anadiplosis
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repitition of same word(s) at end of successive phrase/clause/sentence (for emphasis)
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epistrophe
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repitition of word(s) at beginning and end of a phrase/clause/sentence (highly emotional language)
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epanalepsis
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repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order
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antimeatbole/chiasmus
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recurrence of an initial consonant sound, and sometimes of a vowel sound
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alliteration
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resemblance of internal vowel sound in neighboring words
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assonance
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