21-25 Flashcards
1
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Allusion
A
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
2
Q
Anaphora
A
deliberate repetition of first part of sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
3
Q
Epistrophe
A
same words returns at end of sentence/ repetition
4
Q
Asyndeton
A
used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between phrases and in the sentence, yet remain grammatical accuracy
5
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Polysyndeton
A
makes use of coordinating conjunctions like “and”, “or”, “but” and “nor”. (mostly and & or)