Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards
Brief reference to a person event or place, or to a work of art (real or fiction)
Allusion
Repitition of the same sound, beginning word or syllables in a sequel
Alliteration
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases clauses or lines
Anaphora
Repetition of words in reverse order
Antimetabole
Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction ( we shall support any friend, oppose any foe)
Antithesis
Old fashioned or outdated choice of words
Archaic diction
Omission of conjunctions between coordinate,phrases, clauses or words .
Asyndeton
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence then builds and adds on.
Cumulative sentence
Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores or calls to action.
Hortative sentence
Sentence used to command or enjoin
Imperative sentence
Inverted order of woods in a sentence
Inversion
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
Juxtaposition
Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as
Metaphor
Words that contradict one another ( jumbo shrimp)
Oxymoron
Similarity of structure in a series of related words phrases or clauses.
Parrallelism
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
Periodic sentence
Like like quality to inanimate object
Personification
Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical affect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer.
Rhetorical question
Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole
Synecdoche
Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way.
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