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ap lang vocab 7
Term | Definition |
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Anesis | when a concluding sentence is added to a statement which purposely diminishes the effect of what has been previously stated. |
didactic | means "teaching". these kinds of words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing ethical principles. |
metonym | figure of speech when a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept. |
oxymoron | contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. ex: "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness" |
synecdoche | figure of comparison when a word standing for part of something is used for the whole of that thing. ex: refer to a car as "wheels" |