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36 Cards in this Set
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Litote
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An understatement that denies the opposite of being true.
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Example: Getting shot is not good for your health.
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Asyndeton
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Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
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Example: I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Polysyndeton
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The use of many conjunctions to slow down the sentence
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Ex: I have math homework and english homework and science homework and french homework!
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Synechdoche/Metonomy
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the substitution of one word for another whice it suggests
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Ex: The school sent home report cards.
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Anadiplosis
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Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next.
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Ex: He was ready to go to the new school, but the new school was not ready for him.
("the new school" ended the first clause and began the second) |
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Chiasmus
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Corresponding pairs that are in inverted order.
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Ex: Because it was raining yesterday, they read, and they rollerbladed today because it was sunny.
(The reason "because..." came first in the first clause, while it came second in the second clause. Think of it as an "x") |
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Zeugma
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Linking two verbs with one subject or two direct objects with a verb.
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Ex: He took the bus and my money.
(the verb took is linked with the bus and my money) |
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Anaphora
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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.
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Ex: Tomorrow it will be sunny. Tomorrow we will go outside. Tomorrow we will have a picnic.
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech that combines two words that seem to contradict each other. (a two-word paradox)
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Ex: Jumbo shrimp
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Paradox
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A statement that is contradictory but is actually true.
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Ex: Silence filled her ears.
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Archaism
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Use of an older or obsolete form
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Ex: Thou shall not kill
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Antithesis
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Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence (contrast of opposites or of degree)
Effect: emphasizes opposition of ideas |
Ex: The class was the top in the school; the school was the top in the country.
Ex 2: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. |
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Parallelism
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Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
Effect: It adds balance, rhythm, and clarity to the sentence. |
Ex: He likes reading, biking, and jogging.
(as opposed to "He likes reading, biking, and to jog.") |
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Rhetorical question
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A question that does not expect a reply
Effect: to assert or deny something |
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Allegory
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When characters and actions have meanings outside themselves (a sustained metaphor)
Effect: To tell a story that has a literal and figurative meaning. |
Ex: The Lord of the Flies
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Sarcasm
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A form of irony and it is a sharp bitter remark.
Purpose: to criticize, or ridicule someone or something |
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Satire
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Writing that ridicules and criticizes humans and society
Purpose: to provoke thought about the human condition to bring a change |
Difference btw sarcasm and satire: Satire is used to change something, while sarcasm just criticizes.
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Euphemism
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Using a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts.
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Ex: "Strongly dislike" (instead of hate)
"passed away" (instead of died) |
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Apostrophe
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Addressing an absent or imaginary person
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Ex: Sally, why did you leave me here alone?
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Conceit
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An expresson, usually an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.
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Ex: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
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Loose sentence
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the main idea comes first in an independent clause, followed by dependent clauses.
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Ex: Sally climbed a tree, scraping her leg in the process.
Ex 2: I drank chocolate milk, and it wasn't insipid. |
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Periodic sentence
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presents its central meaning in an independent clause at the end of the sentence, and it is preceded by one or more dependent clauses.
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Ex: Because I did not have a hat, my ears were frozen.
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Neologism
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Creating a new or imaginary word
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Ex: Splenderful!!
presentate!! |
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Hyperbaton
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Changing the normal or expected order of words
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Ex: Spin the baton she did.
(instead of: She spun the baton) |
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Epistrophe
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Repetition of a concluding word or ending or suffix (rhyme!)
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Ex: I write poems with my pen,
As I sit in the den. |
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Aphorism
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A statement that makes a point or illustrates a commonly held belief
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Ex: "Lost time is never found again"
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" |
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Cliche
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An overused expression that reveals writer's lack of imagination
Effect: dulls the reader's response |
ex: it hit something "like a ton of bricks"
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Ellipsis
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Omitting a word that is implied by the context
Effect: makes a clear, economic sentence |
ex: "The European soldiers killed six of the remaining vilagers, the American soldiers, eight"
(rather than saying the American soldiers killed eight of the remaining villagers) |
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Meiosis
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Reference to something with the name dispproportionately lesser than its nature
Effect: gives it an ironic effect |
Ex: About an amputated leg "it's just a flesh wound"
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Alliosis
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Presenting alternatives
Effect: creates a cleverly balanced and artistic sentence |
Ex: you can eat well or you can sleep well.
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Climax
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(aka auxesis, crescendo)
arrangement of order of increasing importance Effect: adds structure and an emotional effect |
Ex: Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."
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Bathos
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The least important item appears in a place where the reader expects something grand or dramatic
effect: humor, anticlimactic |
Ex: The purpose of life is to experience, to love, and to ride rollercoasters! :P
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Anapodoton
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Deliberately creating a sentence fragment by the omission of a clause
used for rhetorical effect, and in dialogue |
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Metaphor
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When something is something else.
Effect: to link things together, creates images |
ex: hair of gold shimmered in the sunlight
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Simile
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When something is like something else
Effect: Draws a connection between things, creates images |
ex: Your smile is as bright as sunshine
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Paronomasia
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(type of pun)
using words that sound alike but that differ in meaning effect: humor |
Ex: "A pun is its own reword"
(instead of reward) |