missed questions Flashcards
1
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form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking
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didactic
2
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balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.
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antithesis
3
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in poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed.
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chiasmus
4
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a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.
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synecdoche
5
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brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth.
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aphorism
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a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth
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paradox
7
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a statement that says less than what is meant.
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understatement
