Forms Quiz Flashcards

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repetition

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  • creates emphasis; things appearing more than once

- turning and turning

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passive voice

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-noting who the verb happened to (i.e. he was verbed)

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active voice

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-noting who did the verb (i.e. he verbs)

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word choice

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-diction; what words (noun; adjective; etc.) the author chose

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verb choice

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-diction; what words (verbs) the author chose

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irony

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  • the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
  • There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.
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semi-colon

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-connecting two related sentences without losing momentum

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metaphor

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  • a comparison without using “like” or “as”

- He drowned in a sea of grief.

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telegraphic sentence

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  • less than or equal to 5 words; emphasizes content; with some urgency
  • Go to class.
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loose sentence

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  • the main point at the beginning of the sentence

- I found a large hall, obviously a former garage, dimly lit.

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periodic sentence

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  • a sentence which has the main clause at the end
  • Proper maintenance, like checking tire pressure, changing the oil and getting tune-ups, will ensure the best gas mileage for your car.
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balanced sentence

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  • made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure
  • Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun.
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declarative sentence

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  • a sentence that states something and ends with a period

- He is an erudite young man.

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interrogative sentence

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-a sentence that asks a question that ends in a “?”

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imperative sentence

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-a sentence that puts forth a command

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exclamatory sentence; exclamation; exclamatio

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-expresses terrific exhilaration; a sentence that communicates excitement and ends in a “!”

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oxymoron

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  • statement of contradictory statements
  • jumbo shrimp
  • bittersweet
  • deafening silence
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antithesis

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  • a balanced structure that sets up opposites

- vision without action is daydream; action without vision is nightmare

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pun

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-play on words

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concrete/abstract examples

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-offering real-world connections either literally or figuratively

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soliloquy

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-when a character speaks alone on stage; speaks his thoughts

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apostrophe

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  • when a character addresses a certain person or thing with “O”
  • O, Rose of Mary
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alliteration

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  • when words in a sentence starts with the same sound effect; draw attention to content
  • She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
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double entrendre

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  • a word for phrase open to two interpretations, one usually risqué
  • “If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me?”
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consonance
- the repetitive sound produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase - the ship has sailed to the far off shores
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assonance
- the repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence; "vowel rhyme" - the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains
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antimetabole
- a literary device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order - If you fail to plan, you plan to fail - Fair is foul and foul is fair
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anaphora
- the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect - every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better
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aphorism
- a pithy observation that contains a general truth; a short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea - If it ain't broke, don't fix it - Easy come, easy go - Forgive and forget
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asyndeton
- a practice in literature whereby the author purposely leaves out conjunctions in the sentence, while maintaining grammatical accuracy - He comes, he sleeps, he goes - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Without looking, without making a sound, without talking...
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polysyndeton
- when a writer employs a series of coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or) in succession - "As mine own face. If there be cords or knives,/Poison, or fire, or suffocating streams,/I'll not endure it"
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litotes
- ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary - "You won't be sorry" - "That wasn't bad"
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hyperbole
- obvious and intentional exaggeration | - “I’ve told you a million times”
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colloquial
- the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing; colloquialisms are generally geographic in nature - to bamboozle - buzz off-go away - jawn-thing - y'all-you all
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connotation
- an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its primary meaning; words can often have a positive or negative connotation - "Home"--> comfort and security - "Black"--> sadness
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denotation
-literal meaning
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chiasmus
- a literary device in which two clauses have reversed grammatical or logical structures, producing an artistically pleasing effect - His time a moment, and a point his space.
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metonymy
- a figure of speech that replaces the name of something with the name of something closely associated - Let me give you a hand - Lend me your ears
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epistrophe
- the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences - Where now? Who now? When now? - And I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best
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attitude
- the perspective or tone that a writer adopts in his writing - Goddamn money! It always ends up making you blue as hell.
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synecdoche
- when a part of something represents the whole of something else; when the whole of something represents a part of something else - Boots on the ground
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sarcasm
-verbal irony with a bend to make a point
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hortative sentence
- a sentence used to encourage someone to do something - You can do it! - You should read the Lemon Tree!
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imagery
- a vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses - Where the ocean kissed the southern shore. - A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine, And twinkle on the Milky Way
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juxtaposition
- the author places a person, concept, place, idea, or theme parallel to another - All's fair in love and war. - Beggars can't be choosers. - Can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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ethos appeal
- an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader - "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment."
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pathos appeal
- an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response - "You’ll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do: you have heart."
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logos appeal
- an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason - "In 25 years of driving the same route, I haven’t seen a single deer."
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similie
- a figure of speech that makes a comparison with "like" or "as" - Our soldiers are as brave as lions.
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zeugma
- a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in a different sense - His boat sank along with his dreams.
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isocolon
-involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length bicolon- two grammatically equal structures ex. “American by Birth. Rebel by Choice.” tricolon- three grammatically equal structures ex. “That government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” tetracolon- four parallel grammatical structures ex. “I’ll give my jewels for a set of beads, /My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, /My gay apparel for an almsman’s gown, /My figured goblets for a dish of wood…”