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45 Cards in this Set
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The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words. |
Alliteration |
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An indirect or direct reference to something you assume your audience will understand and appreciate. |
Allusion |
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A situation that is similar, comparable; a likeness in some respects. |
Analogy |
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Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. |
Anaphora |
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A brief story that shares an interesting or amusing event dealing with one incident |
Anecdote |
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Placing a good point or benefit next to a fault criticism, or problem in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point. |
Antanagoge |
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A brief saying embodying a moral, a concise statement of a principle or precept given in pointed words. |
Aphorism |
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The organization of ideas in descending order of importance. |
Anti-Climax |
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One idea is set against a sharply contrasting idea. Often, it is, but not necessarily, in the same sentence. It is a balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, clauses or paragraphs. Effective antithetical statements balance the first idea against the second by setting each in parallel grammatical structure. |
Antithesis |
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The repetition of vowel sounds in closely followed words. |
Assonance |
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The repetition, in a sentence or in a consecutive sentence, of the arrangement of words. |
Balance |
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The crisscrossing of successive phrase or clauses. |
Chiasmus |
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An idea or meaning suggested/ implied by or associated with a word or thing in addition to its literal meaning |
Connotation |
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Involves the juxtaposition (placing side by side) of words that are directly opposite in meaning |
Contrast |
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The listing, in numerical order, of points or ideas. |
Enumeration |
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When you substitute for a particular attribute the name of a famous person recognized for that attribute. |
Eponym |
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The substitution of a more delicate or less offensive word or phrase for another - both of which tend of mean the same thing. |
Euphemism |
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A statement that stretches the truth to add emphasis and entertainment value (Also called Hyperbole). |
Exaggeration |
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The writer describes an earlier time in the story that will help the reader understand the plot and the characters better. |
Flashback |
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A clue or hint about what will happen later in the story. |
Foreshadowing |
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An exaggeration for effect. |
Hyperbole |
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A common phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say. |
Idiom |
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A technique a writer uses to create pictures in the reader’s mind and to appeal to the senses of touch, taste, smell sight or hearing |
Imagery |
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Any variation of the normal order of subject, verb, or object which is used for emphasis |
Inversion |
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the reader or audience knows about an event or situation that the character does not. |
Dramatic Irony |
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the speaker says one thing but means something else. |
Verbal Irony |
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Specialized words or terminology used in certain situation and occupations. |
Jargon/Colloquialism |
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Place two ideas together so that their closeness and comparison create a sharp contrast or a new, sometimes ironic, meaning. |
Juxtaposition |
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Understatement for effect- saying less than you really mean. |
Litotes |
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An expression that describes or implies a comparison between a person, place or thing. |
Metaphor |
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Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes or something intimately associated with it |
Metonymy |
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Words whose sound makes you think of their meaning. |
Onomatopoeia |
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The joining of two contradictory words in a phrase. |
Oxymoron |
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An apparently contradictory statement that nevertheless contains an element of truth |
Paradox |
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When elements of a clause or sentence function in the same way and also have a similar structure. This type of structure adds strength and control to writing. It helps not only to structure ideas but also to clarify the relationships among them. |
Parallel Structure |
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is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. |
Parody |
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When the writer describes an animal, an object or thing as if it were a person |
Personification |
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Ends with the most important item from an independent clause and begins with all other information in subordinate clauses. |
Periodic Sentence |
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A word or phrase with more than one possible meaning used to create comic effect |
Pun |
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Repeating of a word, phrase, or line to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea |
Repetition |
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A question whose answer is already known or implied |
Rhetorical Question |
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A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack |
Satire |
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An expression that describes or directly compares a person, place or thing by comparing it to something else using the words “like” or “as”. |
Simile |
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A person, place or thing or event that is used to represent something else. |
Symbol |
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A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. |
Synecdoche |