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AP Vocab Week 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anadiplosis | the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause -"Turn the lights out now / Now, I'll take you by the hand / Hand you another drink / Drink it if you can / Can you spend a little time / Time is slipping away / Away from us, so stay / Stay with me |
| Anaphora | a rhetorical device that consists of a repeating sequence a the beginnning of neighboring clauses |
| Parenthesis | Insertion of a verbal unit that interrupts normal syntactical flow. |
| Asyndeton | conjunctions are intentionally omitted in succesive phrases I came, I saw, I conquered |
| Ellipsis | |
| Metonymy | |
| Metaphor | |
| Onomatopoeia | |
| Oxymoron | |
| Hyperbole | |
| Allusion | |
| Paradox | |
| Alliteration | |
| Brusque | |
| Imparital | |
| Detached | |
| Despondent | |
| Self-Desecrating | |
| Allusive | |
| Acerbic |