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15 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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A story or description that has a second meaning through symbols
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Alliteration
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Allusion
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A reference in a written or spoken text or to some particular body of knowledge
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Analogy
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A comparison between two things in which the more complex is explained in terms of the more simple
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Aphorism
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A brief, sometimes clever saying that expresses a principle, truth, or observation about life
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Anecdote
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A short entertaining account of some happening frequently personal or biographical
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Assonance
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A repetition of vowel sounds
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Chronology
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Placing the events in the order of occurrence
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ColloquiL
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A term identifying the diction of the common ordinary folk, especially in a specific region or area. Also, slang and contractions that make it more common speak.
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Connotation
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The implied meaning of a word, in contrasts to it's directly expressed "dictionary meaning"
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Denotation
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The "dictionary meaning" of a word, in contrasts to it connotation or implied meaning
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Diction
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Word choice
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Ellipsis
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Elimination of part of a sentence (...)
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Ethos
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The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator.
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Euphemism
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An indirect expression of unpleasant information in such a way as to lessen it's impact
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