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Rhetorical Terms Flashcards

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Polyptoton

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Using the same word in different grammatical cases

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Chiasmus

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Reverse order of a phrase structure

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Tricolon

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Pattern of three

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Preiphrasis

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Saying something in an elaborate way that could be said more simple

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Anaphora

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Beginning successive clauses with the same word

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Metonymy

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Meaning by association

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Personification

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Investing animals or inanimate objects with human characteristics

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Anadiplosis

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A word at the end of the clause used in the next

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Rhetorical question

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A question that conceals a statement

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Antithesis

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Contrasting ideas in juxtaposition

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Apostrophe

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A sudden address to a topic or person

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Epizeuxis

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Repetition of one word in a line

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Anthimeria

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One word class used for another

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Auxesis

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Moving from less to greater importance in successive words or phrases

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Hyperbole

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Great exaggeration

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Great exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Moving from less to greater importance in successive words or phrases

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Auxesis

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One word class used for another

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Anthimeria

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Repetition of one word in a line

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Epizeuxis

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A sudden address to a topic or person

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Apostrophe

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Contrasting ideas in juxtaposition

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Antithesis

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A question that conceals a statement

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Rhetorical question

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A word at the end of the clause used in the next

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Anadiplosis

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Investing animals or inanimate objects with human characteristics

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Personification

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Meaning by association

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Metonymy

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Beginning successive clauses with the same word

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Anaphora

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Saying something in an elaborate way that could be said more simple

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Preiphrasis

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Pattern of three

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Tricolon

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Reverse order of a phrase structure

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Chiasmus

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Using the same word in different grammatical cases

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Polyptoton

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