FINAL EXAM Flashcards
0
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Anastrophe
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Inversion of syntax
1
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Anaphora
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Repetition at the beginnings
2
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Aphorism
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Maxim, adage
3
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Apostrophe
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Addressing an absent or personified thing
4
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Polysyndeton/asyndeton
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And and and
, , ,
5
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Didactic
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Instructional but entertaining
6
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Epistrophe
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Repetition at the end
7
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Litotes
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Negative of the opposite
8
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Loose sentence
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Primary clause at the beginning then clauses
9
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Periodic sentence
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Clauses then primary clause
10
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Meiosis
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Understatement
11
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Metonymy
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Part representing whole
“White house says”
“I need more hands on the farm”
12
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Refrain
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Repeated lines
13
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Hasty generalizations
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A
14
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Post hoc
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