Chapter 2 Terms Flashcards
Old fashioned or outdated choice of words
Archaic diction
Repetition of words in reverse order
Antimetabole
Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject verb object order)
Inversion
Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.
Hortative sentence
Sentence used to command or enjoin.
Imperative sentence
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
Anaphora
Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another
Oxymoron
Use of two different words, in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings.
Zeugma
Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole
Synecdoche
Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction.
Antithesis
Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
Asyndeton
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
Juxtaposition
Attribution of a lifelike qualify go an inanimate object or an idea
Personification
Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer.
Rhetorical question
Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as.
Metaphor
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
Periodic sentence
Brief reference go a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art.
Allusion
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Parallelism
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on
Cumulative sentence
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence.
Alliteration
