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TermDefinition
Archaic Diction Language commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present day language.
Aphorism A concise statement containing a subjunctive truth or observation cleverly and pithily written. (Funny Pics)
Antimetable Words in one phrase or clause are replicated exactly or closely in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause.
Anadiplosis A word or phrase that appears at the end of one clause is then repeated at the beginning of the next clause.
Verse Language that has intentional rhyme, rhythm, and/or poetry.
Portentous Foreboding; ominous.
Flippant Marked by disrespectful casualness.
Supercilious Feeling or showing haughty disdain; arrogant.
Periodic Sentence The completion of the syntax and meaning is delayed until the middle or end of the sentence, usually after a sequence of subordinate clauses.
Cumulative Sentence An independent clause is followed by a series of dependent clauses which add details or info.
Wry Dry humor; mocking; sarcasm.
Poignant Evoking a strong emotion; profoundly moving.
Hyperbole Exaggeration; deliberate overstatement.
Apostrophe A speaker addresses an abstract concept or a person/object not currently present.
Metonymy One word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
Inversion The syntactical reversal of the normal order of the words/phrases in a sentence.
Anithesis Two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure.
Elegiac Having a mournful quality; expressing sorrow.
Prose Spoken or written language that contains ordinary, straightforward usage.
Litotes Deliberate understatement.
Created by: Trob2460
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