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Tropes and Schemes Flashcards

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Paradox

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A statement which contains a superficial contradiction and a more subtle truth (trope)

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Simile

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A comparison employing “like” or “as” (trope)

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison, as if the compared objects are the same (trope)

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Personification

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A comparison attributing a distinctly human behavior to a non-human (trope)

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of words (scheme)

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Consonance

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The repetition of any consonant sounds of words (scheme)

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Assonance

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The repetition of any vowel sounds of words (scheme)

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Oxymoron

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The juxtaposition of two seemingly-opposite words (trope)

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Parallelism

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The use of clear parallel structure to have some effect (scheme)

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Tricolon

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The listing of three parallel elements, not necessarily in increasing intensity (scheme)

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Tetracolon

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The listing of four parallel elements (scheme)

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Isocolon

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A repetition of similar grammatical elements in a list (scheme)

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Rhetorical question

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A question posed by the author to engage the audience (trope)

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause (scheme)

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Epistrophe

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a clause (scheme)

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Symploce

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A combination of anaphora and epistrophe (scheme)

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Asyndeton

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The omission of conjunctions within a list (scheme)

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Polysyndeton

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The use of more than one conjunction within a list (scheme)

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Antithesis

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The position of two opposite elements in parallel structure (scheme)

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Aposiopesis

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A deliberate pause in a sentence, often trailing off with an ellipsis or dash (trope)

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Onomatopoeia

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A use of a word describing a sound that the word sounds like when spoken (trope)

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Anadiplosis

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The repetition of a grammatical element at the ending of a clause at the beginning of the next clause (scheme)

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Epanalepsis

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The repetition of a grammatical element at the beginning of a clause at the ending of the next clause (scheme)

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Epizeuxis

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The repetition of a word several times (scheme)

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Verbal irony

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A statement that contradicts the intended meaning (trope)

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Chiasmus

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Anadiplosis plus epanalepsis (scheme)

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Metonymy

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The use of an associated word instead of a word itself (trope)

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Synecdoche

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The use of a word resembling a part of a word instead of the word itself (trope)

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Paralipsis

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A deliberate passing-over of a subject or topic (trope)

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Meiosis

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An understatement that makes something quite serious much less than it is (trope)

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Litotes

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An understatement with irony in which the affirmative is expressed with the negation of a statement contrary to the affirmative (trope)

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Anastrophe

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A syntactic inversion of the normal order of grammatical elements (scheme)

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Polyptoton

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The repetition of a root word taking the form of multiple different words (trope)

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration (trope)

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Anthimeria

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The use of a word as if it had a different part of speech (trope)

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Periphrasis

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The assignment of a title to a proper noun (trope)

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Ellipsis

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The omission of a words or series of words (trope)

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Climax

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The use of a list increasing in intensity or importance (scheme)

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Anticlimax

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The use of the final element of a list to subvert the increasing intensity or importance (scheme)

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Parenthesis

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Insertion of extraneous verbal unit in the middle of a sentence using dashes, parentheses, or commas (scheme)

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Apposition

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The renaming, restating, or clarifying of something with an appositive phrase (scheme)

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Tmesis

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The interjection of a word with another word or phrase (scheme)

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Auxesis

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The offering of a name for something that is quite exaggerated (trope)

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Apostrophe

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The address of something that cannot respond, including items or deities (trope)

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Prolepsis

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The speaking of a future event as if it had happened (trope)

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Analogy

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A comparison involving four parts (A is to B as C is to D) (trope)

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Conceit

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A surprising, controlling extended metaphor with many complexities and intricacies (trope)

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Paronomasia

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A pun involving two words alike in sound, but different in meaning (trope)

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Antanaclasis

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A pun using repetition of the same word in two different (trope)

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Zeugma/Syllepsis

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A pun using two words understood differently in addition to two or more other words (trope)

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