the intentional repetition of a word or phrase in consecutive lines or clauses

Rhetorical device that places two opposite ideas next to each other using the same grammatical word pattern

a literary device when conjugations are excluded between words or phrases (reduce, reuse, recycle)

a figure of speech in which a speaker or writer directly addresses someone or something that is absent, dead, imaginary, or non human as if they could respond

a literary and rhetorical device where two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures creating a symmetrical A-B-B-A sequence.

informal words or phrases used for casual conversation in everyday life

Emotional or implied meaning implied behind a word. It can be positive, negative, or neutral

A literary and rhetorical device where a writer or speaker repeats a word or phrase with a small number of intervening words in between

A mild, polite, or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh, blunt, or offensive

The act of naming or listing things one by one or the process of counting items in a set

A work written to teach a specific moral, religious, ethical or political lesson

when the author asks a question and immediately answers it

harsh, abusive, or highly insulting language used to criticize, blame, or shame someone

figure of speech where you name an object, place, or job to mean a closely related idea or group

An act of placing multiple contradicting terms adjacent to each other to display contrast, or a relationship between them

A logically self-contradictory statement

Using matching grammatical structures, balanced patterns, or simultaneous actions to make ideas clear, smooth, and powerful

Deliberate reuse of the same word or phrase in a text

A literary and rhetorical device where a writer or speaker repeats coordinating conjunctions (and, nor, or)

A comparison between two unlike things that goes on for multiple sentences, paragraphs, or an entire story.

logical tool that uses deductive reasoning to reach a conclusion based on two separate statements called premises (if p = q and q=r, then p=r is true)

a set of guidelines that determines how words and phrases are arranged together for proper sentences

The narrator’s, author’s, or speaker’s attitude toward the subject

a figure of speech where part of something represents the whole or the whole represents the part

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8/26 Lang Vocab

Question	Answer
Anaphora	the intentional repetition of a word or phrase in consecutive lines or clauses
Antithesis	Rhetorical device that places two opposite ideas next to each other using the same grammatical word pattern
Asyndeton	a literary device when conjugations are excluded between words or phrases (reduce, reuse, recycle)
Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which a speaker or writer directly addresses someone or something that is absent, dead, imaginary, or non human as if they could respond
Chiasmus	a literary and rhetorical device where two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures creating a symmetrical A-B-B-A sequence.
Colloquialism	informal words or phrases used for casual conversation in everyday life
Connotation	Emotional or implied meaning implied behind a word. It can be positive, negative, or neutral
Diacope	A literary and rhetorical device where a writer or speaker repeats a word or phrase with a small number of intervening words in between
Euphemism	A mild, polite, or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh, blunt, or offensive
Enumeration	The act of naming or listing things one by one or the process of counting items in a set
Didactic	A work written to teach a specific moral, religious, ethical or political lesson
Hypophora	when the author asks a question and immediately answers it
Invective	harsh, abusive, or highly insulting language used to criticize, blame, or shame someone
Metomy	figure of speech where you name an object, place, or job to mean a closely related idea or group
Juxtaposition	An act of placing multiple contradicting terms adjacent to each other to display contrast, or a relationship between them
Paradox	A logically self-contradictory statement
Parallelism	Using matching grammatical structures, balanced patterns, or simultaneous actions to make ideas clear, smooth, and powerful
Repetition	Deliberate reuse of the same word or phrase in a text
Polysyndeton	A literary and rhetorical device where a writer or speaker repeats coordinating conjunctions (and, nor, or)
Extended Metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things that goes on for multiple sentences, paragraphs, or an entire story.
Syllogism	logical tool that uses deductive reasoning to reach a conclusion based on two separate statements called premises (if p = q and q=r, then p=r is true)
Syntax	a set of guidelines that determines how words and phrases are arranged together for proper sentences
Tone	The narrator’s, author’s, or speaker’s attitude toward the subject
Synecdoche	a figure of speech where part of something represents the whole or the whole represents the part

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