Rhetoric

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Allegory

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An allegory is a complete narrative which involves characters, and events that stand for an abstract idea or an event.

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Alliteration

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repitition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another

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Anadiplosis

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the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause

(Noust in the grass / grass in the wind / wind on the lark / lark for the sun)

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Analogy

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comparison of two similar but different things, usually to clarify an action or relationship

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Anaphora

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the deliberate repitition of the first part of the sentence for artistic effect

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Antimetabole

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repeating a phrase in reverse order

(I know what I like, and I like what I know)

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Antithesis

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two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

"She loves to hate me"

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Aphorism

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a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise witty way, often for philosophical/literary purposes

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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Apostrophe

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calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction

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Assononce

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two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds

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Chiasmus

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a statement consisting of two parallel parts and the second part is structurally reversed

(ABBA)

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Cliché

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expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off

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Colloquial Diction

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type of diction; uses words common in everyday speech

Slang

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Consonance

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repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase

"few flocked to the fight"

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Deductive Reasoning

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Reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and applying it to a specific case

(Top-Down)

(Because of murphy's law, I was late to school today)

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Ellipsis

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"…" used to omit some parts of a sentence or event which gives the reader a chance to fill in the gaps without reading it out

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Epithet

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A term used to point out a characteristic of a person/place/thing, often compound adjectives

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Euphemism

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indirect, less offensive way of saying something considered unpleasant

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Hyperbole

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intentional exaggeration to create effect

(AMERICA)

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Imperative

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command

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Inductive Reasoning

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deriving general principles from particular facts or instances

Bottom up

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Isocolon

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succession of sentences/phrases/clauses of grammatically equal length; has parallel structure

"Good we must love, and must hate ill,
For ill is ill, and good good still;"

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Jargon

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specialized language/vocab of a particular group or profession

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Metonymy

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figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else which is closely associated

(Cheap < thrifty)

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Onomatopoeia

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word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

(bang)

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Parallelism

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use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in structure

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Parenthesis

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an explanatory or qualifying word, clause, sentence inserted into a passage

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Pun

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play on words

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Synecdoche

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a part of something represents the whole or use a whole to represent a part