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Quiz 2 Flashcards

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Synecdoche

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A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole

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Epistrophe

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Counterpart to anaphora, repetition of the same word comes at the end of successive phrases

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Oxymoron

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Paradox reduced to two words

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Chiasmus

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Repetition of similar ideas in the reverse sequence

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Apostrophe

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Interrupts the discussion and addresses directly a person or personified thing

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