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20 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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A series of words with the same consonant or vowel sound
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Anacoenosis
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An appeal to ones listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgement to the subjects under discussion.
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Anaphora
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Figure of repetion that occurs when the first word or set of words in a sentence phrase or clause is repeated in the first word or set of words in successive sentences.
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Antithesis
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The exact or direct opposite
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Apostrophe
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The sign used in grammar to indicate possession, the sign to reduce letter whether it be unpronounced as in verse, or pronounced but abbreviated in writing (gov't). An exclamation to an object or things which personify objects, absent people or Gods. "Oh happy dagger this is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die" (Romeo & Juliet).
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Assonance
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Figure of repetition where different words with the same or similar vowel sound occurs successively. "True, I do like Sue."
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Chiasmus
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A reversal in the order of words in otherwise parallel phrases "He went to the country, to the town went she."
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Climax
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A figure of speech in which each succeeding phrase builds with more intensity or force than the phrase before
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Euphemism
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The substitution of a phrase that is milder or less harsh "Plump" as opposed to "Fat"
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Hyperbole
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The deliberate exaggeration of a person, thing, quality or event: "This is so bad I could die with embarrassment."
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Irony
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The use of words to convey the opposite meaning. "We will now have a quiz" "Great."
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Litotes
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The expression of understatement used with a negative to express a positive. "That wasn't half bad"
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Metaphor
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A symbol or a figure of speech to represent something else "He is the apple of my eye" "The lord is my Shepard"
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Metonym
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A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object of concept for that of another to which it is related "the bottle" for a strong drink "the devil" for evil", to pass go (to start over).
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that sound like what they mean: "plop" "yummy" "icky"
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Oxymoron
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a figure of speech that is produces a contradictory effect: "gotta be cruel to be kind" "Safe sex" agree to disagree, authentic replica.
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Paronomasia
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A pun "I've never tipped a cow, then again a cow has never served me food."
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Personification
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A figure of speech that represents inanimate objects or abstraction with human qualities.
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Simile
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An overt comparison between 2 dissimilar things using "Like" or "as a" as a bridges
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Synedoche
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A part is used for the whole. Bread means food or money "put bread on the table"
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