21-25 Flashcards

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Allusion

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brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, literary, cultural or political significance. Doesn’t describe in detail. A passing comment that the writer expects the reader to pick up on

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Anaphora

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deliberate repetition of first part of sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect

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Epistrophe

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same words returns at end of sentence/ repetition

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4
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Asyndeton

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used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between phrases and in the sentence, yet remain grammatical accuracy

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Polysyndeton

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makes use of coordinating conjunctions like “and”, “or”, “but” and “nor”. (mostly and & or)

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