English Flashcards by lexi skibitski | Brainscape

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Chiasmus

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Verbal pattern where concepts repeated in reverse order

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Cliche

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Trite or overused expression

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Denotation

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Direct meaning or naming

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Dialect

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Language peculiar to a specific group

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Diction

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Choice and use of words

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Ellipsis

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Omission of a word

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Epitaph

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Words on tombstone or writing about a dead person

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Hyperbole

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Figure of speech, exaggeration

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Imagery

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Set of mental picture by figurative language

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Implication

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Inference, indirect suggestion

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Juxtaposition

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Placing close together to compare/contrast

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Malapropism

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Inappropriateness of a word

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Metonymy

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One word substituted for another

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