Schemes & Tropes Flashcards
Parallelism
When the same grammatical structure is used for similar items
Antithesis
When parallelism is used to juxtapose items
Interruption:
Parenthesis
Interruption in flow of words to provide necessary information
Interruption:
Appositive
2 coordinating elements paired side by side, the second explaining or modifying the first
Omission:
Ellipsis
Omission of words
Omission:
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions between related clauses
Repetition:
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds
Repetition:
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
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Anaphora
Repeating of same groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses
Repetition:
Epistrophe
Repetition of same group of words at end of clauses
Repetition:
Anadiplosis
Repetition of last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause
Repetition:
Climax
Repetition of items to increase number or importance
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Synecdoche
A part of something used to refer to the whole
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Metonymy
An entity referred to by one of its attributes
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Personification
Inanimate objects given human characteristics
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Periphrasis
Descriptive word or phrase used to refer to a proper name
Word-play:
Pun
A word that suggests two of its meanings or the meaning of its homonym
Word-play:
Anthimeria
One part of speech substitutes for another (usually a verb for a noun)
Word-play:
Onomatopoeia
Sounds of the words used are related to their meaning
Hyperbole
Overstatement
Litotes
Understatement
The management of meaning:
Irony
Words meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
The management of meaning:
Oxymoron
Words that have contradictory meanings placed next to each other
The management of meaning:
Rhetorical question
A question designed not the be answered
