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Terms Test #2

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Allusion A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Anadiplosis ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next
Anaphora The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses or lines
Asyndeton Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses
Chiasmus Two or more clauses which are related grammatically and conceptually, but in which the grammar and concepts are reversed. A figure of speech that displays inverted parallelism. The two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels _a-b-a-b)
Diction The distinctive vocabulary of a particular author.
Imagery Literally, the collection of images within a work. Specifically, descriptive details which use figures of speech to explain a concept, person, or thing, which appeal to the 5 senses
Auditory Hear
Visual See
Kinesthetic Touch
Olfactory Smell
Gustatory taste
Irony A recognition of reality different from the appearance.
Juxtaposition The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development
Metaphor Saying one thing in terms of something else
Metonymy The substitution of the name of an object with a word closely associated with it.
Paradox A statement that appears to be contradictory, but which reveals a deeper (or higher) truth.
Pathos A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.
Polysyndeton The elaborate use of a series of conjunction.
Repetition Word, sound, phrase, idea; use for emphasis. An excellent technique in persuasive speeches. Always pay attention to repetition in writing. The author is trying to tell you something.
Simile A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
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