Unit 6 prt 2 Flashcards

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Expressing parts of a sentence using similar syntactical structures in order to show that the parts are related or equal in importance is using

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Parallelism

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The comparison of two things that are alike in some way

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Analogy

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The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together

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alliteration

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A statement that says the opposite of what is meant, often for the purpose of humor,

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Verbal Irony

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change or variation

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Vicissitude

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