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Vocab 1-10 sem1

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allusion unacknowledged reference and quotes; author assumes reader will know/original source and meaning relate meaning.
analogy literal comparison between two items, situations, or ideas; items are somewhat alike, but unlike in most respects.
anaphora repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of verbs, clauses, or paragraphs.
antithesis figure of speech characterized by contrasting words, clauses, sentences or ideals (man proposes/god disposes); balance one term against another for effectiveness. ("wretches hang that jury may dine...hungry judges soon to sentence begin")
apostrophe figure of speech in which an absent or dead person is directly addressed.
archetype pre-logical mentality, reawakens blocked off memories of past, evokes emotions in readerr via images in unconscious memory, play to illogical, strong response.
asyndenton condensed form of expression in which words, phrases, or clauses are not joined by conjunctions (gov. of the people, by the people, for the people.)
balanced sentence presents similar or antithetical ideas in parallel form; elements of sentence are united or disunited to emphasize likeness of difference.
chiasmus rhetorical inversion of second of two parallel structures ("each throat was parched and glazed each eye").
conceit elaborate surprising figure of speech comparing two very dissimilar things; involves intellectual cleverness and ingenuity.
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