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15 Cards in this Set
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Omniscient
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all-knowing: knowing or seeming to know everything
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Epigram
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witty saying
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Metonomy
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a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or desginate something
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Colloquialism
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coke, pop,
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Didactic
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"good teaching"
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Controlling Image
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An image or metaphor that dominates a literary work, especially with respect to structure or theme.
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Apostrophe
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an address or invocation to something inanimate.
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Verbals
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using words as verbs
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Epic
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long poem, series of events
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Specious
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apparantely true, but actually false.
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Enumeration
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list individually
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Satire
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the use of wit, human ridicule
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Enigmatic
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hard to understand
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Paean
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expression of joy and praise
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Synecdoche
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a figure of speech, for a part of something.
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