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EN102 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aposiopesis | breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unable to proceed. |
| Ekphrasis | description of artwork w/ words--Aenius' sheild |
| Prosopoeia | author speaks through another person or object "he would be disappointed" |
| Pleonasm | Using more words than are necessary to convey something. |
| Ellipsis | the omission of a word or words from a phrase |
| Transferred Epithet | Modifier applied to the wrong word |
| Apostrophe | addressing a non-present entity |
| Zeugma | uses one verb for two actions. "took his coat and his leave." |
| Hendiadys | uses nouns instead of adjective "sound and fury instead of furious sound." |
| Synechdoche | whole for part or part for whole |
| Metonymy | uses a similar thing instead of the thing itself "the white house" |
| Asyndeton | omitting conjunctions |
| Chiasmus | switches the order of things in the second clause of two clauses |
| Prolepsis | refers to future events in anticipation |
| Litotes | saying the opposite of what you mean "not bad" |