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| A narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often ________ is a universal symbol or personified abstraction. |
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| The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables. |
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| A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. |
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| The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases of clauses. |
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| The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas. |
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| A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. |
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| An address or invocation to something inanimate. |
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| Appeals to...authority, emotion, or logic |
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| Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason. |
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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or approximate words. |
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| A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose. |
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| The sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing; the author's feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or theme. |
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| An argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question. |
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