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11 Cards in this Set
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aetiology
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explanation of the origin of a term or practice (where Apollo's tree came from)
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antithesis
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opposition or contrast of words (covetous, generous)
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aposiopesis
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breaking off before teh close of the sentence
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asyndeton
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omission of conjunctions
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litotes
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understatement (often double negative)
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metonymy
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use of one thing to signify another (I sing of amrs and of a man)
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pathetic fallacy
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landscape mirrors the emotion of character
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praeteritio
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apparent omission by why a speaker pretends to pass by what he really emphasizes
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recusatio
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formal refusal to write on something or in a certain style (reason not meant seriously)
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synecdoche
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use of a part for the whole
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transferred epithet
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epithet transferred from word it strictly belongs to
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