Figures Of Speech Flashcards

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Alliteration

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Series of words with same first consonant

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word

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3
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Apostrophe

A

Address to someone not present

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4
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Asyndeton

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No conjunctions

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5
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Chiasmus

A

ABBA, surrounding/embracing words

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Enjambment

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Key word jammed into next line

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7
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Hyperbaton

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Unusual word order

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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9
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Litotes

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Double negative

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10
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Metaphor

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Comparison without like or as

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Metonymy

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Word for related word

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12
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Onomatopoeia

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Sound suggests meaning

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13
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Personification

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Human qualities given to inanimate object

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14
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Polysyndeton

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Lots of conjunctions

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15
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Rhetorical Question

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Asking a question not expecting an answer

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16
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Simile

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Comparison with like or as

17
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Synchesis

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Interlocking word order, ABAB

18
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Tmesis

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Cutting a word in half, putting stuff in between