Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
1
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anaphora
A
a repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive sentences
2
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antithesis
A
the direct opposite
3
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juxtaposition
A
placing ideas or characters close together for comparison or contrast
4
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cumulative sentence
A
sentence that states the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then adds on
5
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periodic sentence
A
sentence whose main idea is withheld until the end
6
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ellipsis
A
a set of dots a writer uses to omit a part of a sentence or phrase or wants to emphasize a pause
7
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inversion
A
a reversed order of words in a sentence
8
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chiasmus
A
a rhetorical technique in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order
9
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parody
A
an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre to produce a comic effect
