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Style Vocabulary
Analyzing Style LOC Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Trope | Artful diction (word choice) |
Scheme | Artful syntax (arrangement of words/sentences) |
Metaphor | A comparison of two objects/ideas by saying that one "is" the other |
Parallelism | A balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure |
Hyperbole | Overstatement |
Personification | Giving human characteristics to |
Juxtaposition | The arrangement of two or more ideas, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, or rhetorical effect |
Annotation | Reading with a pen or pencil in hand; includes identifying main ideas, noting unknown words, making connections |