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| A narrative in which the haracters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance. |
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| The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants. (She sells sea shells by the sea shore) |
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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. (To err is human, to forgive divine.) |
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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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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words. |
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| A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose. (Veni, vidi, vici - I came, I saw, I conquered) |
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| The sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing. |
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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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| that which has been accepted as authentic. |
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| A figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second. |
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| In argumentation, an assertion of something as fact. |
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| A term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area (Y'all) |
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| A comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor in a poem. |
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| The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase. |
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| The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels (pitter-patter, splish-splash, click-clack) |
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| An accepted manner, model or tradition |
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| An assessment or analysis of something |
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| the language and speech idiosyncrasies or a specific area |
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| Writing or speech is ______ when it has an instructive purpose or a lesson |
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| A poem or prose work that laments, or meditates upon the death of, a person or persons. |
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| In rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences. |
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| Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone |
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| In rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator |
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| A speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person |
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| An indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information. |
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| The interpretation or analysis of a text |
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| A sermon, but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life. |
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| An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention. |
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| Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length. |
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| The location of one thing adjacent to or juxtaposed with another to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose. |
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| A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement |
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| A figure or speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something |
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| A statement that seems contradictory but may probably be true. |
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| That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow |
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| A figure or speech in which a part signifies the whole (50 head of steer) |
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