Running Notes 45-48 Flashcards
1
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Conceit
A
figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are linked together with the help of similes and metaphors
2
Q
Syntactical Inversion
A
Inversion, also called anastrophe, the syntactical reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence
3
Q
Apposition
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grammatical construction in which two elements are placed side by side with one element serving to identify the other in a different way
4
Q
Didactic
A
frequently used for those literary text which are overloaded with information or unrealistic matter, and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details