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24 Cards in this Set
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Asyndeton |
An omission of conjunctions |
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Anaphora |
The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences in a row |
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Alliteration |
A group with the same consonant sounds |
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Chiasmus |
A type of balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed |
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Antithesis |
Strongly contrasted, or direct opposites put together |
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Metaphor |
To compare something abstract to something concrete; a term applied to something in which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance |
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Parallelism |
Similar construction or repeated words in a clause to make a list or set of clauses balanced |
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Assonance |
A group of words with the same or similar vowel sounds |
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Analogy |
A similarity between like features of two things |
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Personification |
Giving human like characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions |
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Repetition |
Repeated utterance or reiteration in order to produce emphasis |
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Rhetorical question |
A question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply |
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Allusion |
The making of a direct or indirect reference to something else. These can include Biblical, historical, literary, mythological |
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Rhetorical appeals |
Ethos- credibility, Pathos- emotion, Logos- logic |
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Diction |
The author's word choice; associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition |
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Imagery |
The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience. Use of the 5 senses |
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Paradox |
A statement that appears self contradictory but reveals a kind of truth |
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Juxtaposition |
Normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of suprise or wit |
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Consonance |
Sounds that are repeated in close proximity, usually at the end of words |
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Synecdoche |
A form of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole |
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Zeugma |
Grammatically different ideas which are brought together |
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Antimetabole |
A repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order |
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Oxymoron |
A self-contradictory linking of two ideas or opposites |
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Polysyndeton |
The use of a number of conjunctions in close succession |
