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Poetry
A list of poetic terms for English 2230F
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antimetabole | Chiasmus with identical words or phrases |
| Symploce | Repetition at the beginning and the end |
| Epanalepsis | Same word or phrase at beginning and end |
| Anadiplosis | Repetition at the end of one phrase and the beginning of the next |
| Polyptoton | Repetition of a root word in different grammatical inflections |
| Ploce | Repetition with no set pattern |
| Epanorthosis | Immediate correction of a word or phrase |
| Pleonasm | Redundancy |
| Congeries | A word heap |
| Proclees | A call to action |
| Aposiopesis | Breaking off in the middle of a sentence |
| Catachresis | Extravagant, far-fetched metaphor |
| Antonomasia | Using a name to mean a quality (Einstein) |
| Antiphrasis | Sarcasm |
| Litotes | Meiosis with a double negative |
| Cacozelia | Using more elevated language than necessary |
| Taoinosis | Using less elevated language |
| Apophasis | Pretending to deny but really affirming |
| Aporia | Real or feigned ignorance or inability to express |