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Styliatic Devicea Flashcards

1
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What is Alliteration

A

Repeat of initial consonant soud at the begging of words

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Consonance

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Repated consonant sounds in words close together

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Assonance

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The reputation of the same vowel sound in words

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Repetation

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Repeated qord or phrase

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5
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Euphemism

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Figure of speech in which the harsh or unpleasant fact is so state that it us harsh

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Understatement

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When the severity or harshness of something is dismissed

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Rhetorical Question

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A question used more as a statement for greater emphasis.

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Imagery

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Description that appeals to the 5 senses

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Idiom

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A word or group of words whose meaning is created from usage and not a definition of the words

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Verbal Irony

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Stating the opposite

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Situational Irony

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Contrast between what we think happens and what actually does

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Dramatic Irony

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Implacation of a Situation, speech are understood by the audience

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Litotes

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An understatement in which an idea is conveyed by the use of its opposite with a negative. Example not bad

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Metaphor

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Not using like or as

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Simile

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Using like or as

17
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Onomatopoeia

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The sound of a word mimics to which it refers

18
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Oxymoron

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Joing two contradictory words or phrases

19
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Paradox

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A statement that at first seems to be self-contradictory but which on closer inspection turns out to have a valid message.

20
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Pathetic Fallacy

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Projecting emotion of a character onto the environment.

21
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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

22
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Apostrophe

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To address a person that is not present

23
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Pun

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A play on words

24
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Symbol

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Words or images that signify more than they present

25
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Logos

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Appeals to logic

26
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Pathos

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Appeals to emotion

27
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Ethos

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Appeals to authority

28
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Expository essay

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Informative piece of writing

29
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Narrative writing

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Story writing

30
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Persuasive essay

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Convince readers of your view

31
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Literary analysis essay

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Analyze a book

32
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Microscope

A

Exagrate the emotional impact

33
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Telescope

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Minimize emotional impact.

34
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Relief theory of humor

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Alowing us to face our fears ,release nervous energy, and overcome inhibitions

35
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Superiority theory of humor

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We laugh, and it makes us feel better about ourselves.

36
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Surprise theory of humor

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We laugh at our perception of a situation suddenly changes

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