literary sounds Flashcards

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logos

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a statement sentence or argument used to convince or persuade a targeted audience

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alliteration

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the repetition of the same sound occuring at the beginning of words close together

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anaphora

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the begging of successive lines

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colloquialism

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is the use of informal words and phrases is a piece of writing

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dialect

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the language used by the people from a specific area class or other group

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onomatopoeia

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a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing like a sound affect

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parallelism

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the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar

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antithesis

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two opposite ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect

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ethos

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a means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader

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pathos

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a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response

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