Style Term Def Flashcards
Allit
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Allusion
A reference to another piece of work, person, or event
Anaphora
A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word is repeated in successive lines , clauses, or sentence
Antimetabole
Repetition of words in the reverse order
Antithesis
Balancing words or phrases or ideas that are strongly contrasted often by the means of a grammatical structure
AD
Old fashioned words
CS
A sentence in which the main indépendant clause is elaborated by the successsive addition of modifying clauses or phrases
Asy
,,, and not ,, and ,
Diction
WORD CHOICES
Horative sentence
Sentence that’s exhorts adivises calls to action
IS
A sentence that requests or commands
Inversion
The reversal of the normal word order in a s or p
Jux
Placement of two things together closely to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Meta
Figure of speech comparing two different things
Oxy
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms ina brief p