List #6 Flashcards

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Epanalepsis

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Device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and at the end

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Allegory

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A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people

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Litotes

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A form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through a negative form

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Telegraphic Sentence

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A sentence shorter than five words in length

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Hortatory

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A statement urging others to join in some action

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