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11 Cards in this Set
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archaic |
the use of old fashioned language |
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polysyndeton |
the use of more conjunctions than is normal |
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simple |
a simple sentence contains one subject and one verb |
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bombast |
pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language trying to be eloquent by using the largest, uncommon word |
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complex |
a complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
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periodic sentences |
a periodoc sentence makes sense only when the end of the sentence reached |
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didactic |
from the Greek, didactic means teaching |
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epizeuxis |
repeating words in immediate succession |
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hyperbole |
is a deliberate extravagant and often outragous exaggerate |
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rhetorical techniques |
the derives use in effective or persuasive language |
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antecedent |
that which goes before, especially the word, phrase or clause to which a pronown refers |
