Stylistic Devices Flashcards

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Prononcer

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To utter

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Soliloque

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Soliloquy

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Démystifier/dévoiler

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To debunk

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Synonym to insist on

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To dwell on

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Divergence

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Discrepancy

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S’attarder sur

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To expatiate on smthg

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Allégorie

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Allegory

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Antiphrase

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Antiphrasis

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Antonomase

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Antonomasia

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Aphérèse

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Apharesis

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Apocope

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Apocope

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Aposiopèse

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Aposiopesis

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Apostrophe

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Apostrophe

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Asyndeton

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Asyndeton

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Anacoluthon

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Anacoluthon

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Chiasme

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Chiasmus or chiasma

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Epiphora

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Epiphora

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Anaphore

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Anaphora

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Euphémisme

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Euphemism

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Litote

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Litote

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Gradation

A

Gradation

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Hypallage

A

Hypallage

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Hyperbole

A

Hyperbole

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Métonymie

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Metonymy

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Paranomase

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Paronomasia

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Près de la synecdoche

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Close to synecdoche

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Périphrase

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Periphrasis / circumlocution

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Rond point

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Round about

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Polyptoton

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Polyptoton

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Polysyndeton

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Polysyndeton

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Sinesthesie

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Synaesthesia

32
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Comparaison

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Simile

33
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Zeugma

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Zeugma