English Terms 7 Flashcards
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Antecedent
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The noun which is referred to by a pronoun
“You don’t have to burn BOOKS to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading ‘them’”
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Anecdote
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A short, personal story
“As you come in from the bright outside, she would send her strong eyes down the stairs to test you…”
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Antithesis
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A contrast of ideas written in a balanced sentence
“These people have seen electricity come and buffalo go”
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Parenthesis
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Explanatory word,phrase,or sentence inserted in a passage,marked by a punctuation.
“Since we have traditionally eschewed fences and hedges in America(looking on these as Old World vestiges), the suburban vista can be marred by…a single property owner.”
