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Figures de style Flashcards

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What is an anaphora ?

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Repetition of a word or a group of words in the beggining of several sentences.

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What is a cataphora ?

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The use of a pronoun before the thing or the person it is refered to. Gives an impression of repetition.

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What is a polyptoton ?

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Figure of repetition based on the use of a word in different grammatical forms.

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What is a alliteratation ?

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Repetition of a consonant sound.

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What is an assonance ?

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Repetition of a vowel sound.

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What is an oxymoron ?

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Two words of opposite senses linked together. (the words need to be next to eachothers)

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What is an antiphrasis ?

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Use of a word when we actually mean the opposite (irony)

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What is an antithesis ?

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Two opposite concepts linked together.

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What is a chiasmus ?

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Figure that consists in crossing two structures. (AB/BA)

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What is an allegory ?

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Symbolic representation

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What is a metonymy ?

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The use of a term to represent a whole idea

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What is an epanorthosis ?

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Correction of an affirmation because it is not striking enough.

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What is a preterition ?

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Enlighting something by saying we are not going to talk about it.

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What is a litote ?

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Easing the expression of one thoughts.

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What is an euphemism ?

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Easing the expression of one thoughts because it is too shocking.

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Repetition of a word or a group of words in the beggining of several sentences.

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anaphora

17
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The use of a pronoun before the thing or the person it is refered to. Gives an impression of repetition.

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cataphora

18
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Figure of repetition based on the use of a word in different grammatical forms.

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polyptoton

19
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Repetition of a consonant sound.

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alliteratation

20
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Repetition of a vowel sound.

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assonance

21
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Two words of opposite senses linked together. (the words need to be next to eachothers)

A

oxymoron

22
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Use of a word when we actually mean the opposite (irony)

A

antiphrasis

23
Q

Two opposite concepts linked together.

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antithesis

24
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Figure that consists in crossing two structures. (AB/BA)

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chiasmus

25
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Symbolic representation

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allegory

26
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The use of a term to represent a whole idea

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metonymy

27
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Correction of an affirmation because it is not striking enough.

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epanorthosis

28
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Enlighting something by saying we are not going to talk about it.

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preterition

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Easing the expression of one thoughts.

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litote

30
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Easing the expression of one thoughts because it is too shocking.

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euphemism

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