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20 Cards in this Set
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Irony |
A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happened |
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Denotation |
dictionary meaning |
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Connotation |
cultural meaning |
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Diction |
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing |
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Syntax |
Authors ability to construct sentences (for effect) |
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Ethos |
(credibility, connections) |
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Logos |
(support, evidence) |
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Pathos |
(call to action) |
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Alliteration |
the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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Apostrophe |
When a speaker addresses an absent quality or something non-human as if it were present and capable of responding |
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Allusion |
A brief reference to a person, or event, or to another literary work or passage |
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Oxymoron |
An expression in which two (or more) contradictory words are put together for dramatic effect |
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Paradox |
A contradictory statement which is nevertheless true or which reveals a truth |
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Parallel Structure |
Sentence structure that purpose repeat themselves to make a point |
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Compare/Contrast |
To examine the similarities and difference between two, people, place, objects, ideas, or situations. |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate and purposeful exaggeration to enhance, what is being said |
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Litotes |
Deliberate and purposeful understatement to enhance the power of what is being said |
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Anaphora |
repetition of a word of phrase at the beginning of clauses of sentences |
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Antimetabole |
Repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed grammatical order |
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Epistrophe |
Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases. |
