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Rhetoric And Devices Flashcards

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Allusion is:

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Any reference to something.

Biblical, historical, fictional, etc.

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Alliteration is:

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The repetition of a same or similar consonant sound that are close together

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Analogy is:

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Any comparison between two things to highlight similarities

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Anaphora is:

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The repetition of a phrase or word at the BEGINNING OF a sentence

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Anastrophe is:

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Fancy word for inversion.

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Antimetabole / Chiasmus is:

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Repetition of words in successive clauses in REVERSE GRAMMATICAL ORDER.
Eat to live, not live to eat.

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Antithesis is:

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The balancing of highly contrasted words or phrases.

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Antihero is:

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The protagonist that holds the opposite traits of a regular hero.
HEATHCLIFF and Shrek are examples.

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Anthropomorphism is:

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Giving a personality to inanimate objects.

Olaf from Frozen

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Aphorism / Maxim / Epigram is:

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Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wide observation on life.

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Apostrophe is:

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Talking to an inanimate, dead, or imaginary character about an abstract concept.

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Assonance is:

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds.

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Consonance is:

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Repetition of similar consonant sounds.

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Conceit is

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An elaborate metaphor that compares two startlingly different things

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Elegy is:

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A poem of mourning and grief

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Epic is:

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A long narrative which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies values in a society

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Epithet is:

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Adjective used or applied to a person that is frequently used to emphasize a quality.
Voldemort - He Who Must Not Be Named

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Epistrophe is:

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Repetition at the end of a sentence

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Farce is:

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Type of comedy in which stereotyped character are in odd situations

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Foil is:

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Character that acts as a contrast to another

Heathcliff and Edgar

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Foreshadowing is:

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Using hints and clues to allude to something in the future

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Free verse is:

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Poetry does not conform to meter

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Allegory

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Characters are all symbolic in an extended metaphor

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Ambiguity

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Not being clear or direct

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Anecdote

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Short personal story in a passage

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Archetype

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Stereotypes for characters. Hero, Damsel, Jester, Paladin

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Balanced Sentence

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A sentence structured with equal sides.

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Cacophony

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Harsh to the ear, poor sounding sounds

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Round character / Dynamic character

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Everchanging, a character with deep depth

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Flat / Static character

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Personality defined by two or so traits

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Colloquialism

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Jargon not used in formal conversation

‘Dad’ ‘Swag’

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Conflict

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Rift in between characters

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Connotation

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Feeling or understanding of the word

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Couplet

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Last two lines of a Shakespearean Sonnet, sums up or finalizes sonnet

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Dialect

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Ethnic way or tone of speaking

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Dialogue

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Speech between characters

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Diction

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Way words are written on the page

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Epigraph

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Opening quotation at the beginning of a book

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Euphemism

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Lighter way of putting something
“He isn’t with us anymore”
“Kicked him in his ding dong”

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Euphony

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Pleasing to the ear from a words sound

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Foil

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Character that contrasts the main

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Hero

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Leader and main character of the story that overcomes struggle to pursue their quest

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Byronic Hero

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Dark brooding personality, primitive, angsty, deeply connected to love

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Hyperbole

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