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32 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
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allusion
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an indirect reference to some piece of knowledge not actually mentioned
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anaphora
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repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
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antithesis
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the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas
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epistrophe
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the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
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hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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juxtaposition
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an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
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parallelism
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the use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases
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personification
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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure
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repetition
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repeated utterance; reiteration
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rhetorical question
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a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply
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simile
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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using 'like' or 'as'
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"from stem to stern", "each to all", "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences"
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alliteration
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"She was another Helen"
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allusion
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"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills"
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anaphora
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"Give me liberty or give me death."
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antithesis
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"I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …"
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epistrophe
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"to wait an eternity"
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hyperbole
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"A mighty fortress is our God"
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metaphor
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"Hunger sat shivering on the road"
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personification
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love and war
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juxtaposition
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"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."
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parallelism
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"They can only shriek, shriek"
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repetition
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“You don't expect me to go along with that crazy scheme, do you?”
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rhetorical question
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“she is like a rose.”
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simile
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ethos
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credibility
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logos
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logic
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pathos
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emotion
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knowledge, good will
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ethos
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values, emotions, beliefs
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pathos
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rational
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logos
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