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QUIZ 11/7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aliteration | repetition of the same sound |
| allusion | reference to a person, event or place |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase |
| chiasmus | repetition of words in reverse order |
| antithesis | opposite or contrast of ideas or words |
| archaic diction | old-fashioned or outdated choice of words |
| cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence + adds on |
| hoaritive sentence | sentence that exhort, urges, entreats, or call to action |
| inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence |
| juxtaposition | placement of two things closely related |
| parallelism | similarity of structure- related words, phrases |
| periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is with held till the end |
| rhetorical sentence | makes the audience think of the actual question opposed to giving a real answer to the question |
| oxymoron | puts two opposite words together |