Advanced terminology

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Rondo

Answer 1

a poem with a circular structure that begins and ends similarly

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Litotes

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A deliberate understatement made for rhetorical effect

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Orthography

Answer 3

A study of spelling and the way letters are used in language

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Typography

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the style and appearance of printed matter

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Apostrophe

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an address to something inanimate as if it were a living person

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Epithet:

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an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

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Metonymy:

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a symbol that comes to represent something viz ‘The Crown’ representing the whole monarchy, ‘The Bench’ coming to represent the whole judiciary

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Synecdoche:

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A part of something that is used to represent the whole. Viz, ‘all hands on deck’.

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Leonine rhyme:

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an internal rhyme within a line of poetry

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Rhyme royal:

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a poem of seven lines following the pattern ABABBCC

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Phonology:

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the study of sound

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Conceit:

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a deliberately elaborate metaphor

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Deictic:

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term used to denote words that rely on the context to be understood.

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Hypophora:

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a rhetorical device in which the speaker asks a question and then immediately answers it

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Hypocorism:

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pet names

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Equivocation:

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use of ambiguous language

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Hedging:

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talking around a topic

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Polyptoton:

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repetition of words from the same root for emphasis (such as strong and strength)

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Anadiplosis:

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repetition of a word at the end of one clause and at the start of the next clause

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Epistrophe:

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the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

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Enumeration:

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listing of details in a way that creates the effect of amplification

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Synonymia:

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using several synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term

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Polysemy:

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the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase

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Malapropism:

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Using an incorrect word (usually of a similar sound to the correct word) thinking it has a different meaning

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Chiasmus:

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a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order