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Terms 16-20 Flashcards

1
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Hortatory

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Urging, or strongly encouraging

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis

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3
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Imagery

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Vivid use of language that evokes a reader’s sense

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Inversion

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A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject

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Irony

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A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result

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