11/14/15 Flashcards

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Metonymy

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Substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word

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Mood

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Overall atmosphere of a work

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Motif

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Images, words, objects, phrases, or actions that tend to unify the work

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Narration

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Story of events and/or experiences that tells what happened

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5
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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words that by their sound suggest their meaning

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Oxymoron

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Self contradictory combination of words

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Paradox

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Phrase or statement that while seemingly contradictory can actually be true

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Parallelism

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Arrangement of parts of a sentence and larger units of composition that one element of equal importance with another is similarly developed and phrased

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Periodic sentence

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Sentence not grammatically complete before the end (most important point at the end after build up )

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Metaphor

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An implied comparison (w/o like or as)

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