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| Alliteration (Sound Devices) |
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| refers to the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases |
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| Assonance (Sound Devices) |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences |
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| Consonance (Sound Devices) |
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| the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession |
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| Internal Rhyme (Sound Devices) |
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| a rhyme that occurs in a single line of verse |
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| Onomatopoeia (Sound Devices) |
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| a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes |
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| Repetition (Sound Devices & Syntax) |
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| simple repeating of a word within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize |
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| the unmarked voice for clauses featuring a transitive verb in nominative-accusative languages (like English) |
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| the repetition of a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses |
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| a figure of speech in which a language's usual word order is inverted for emphasis |
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| stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses |
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| a figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point |
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| the breaking of a phrase, clause or sentence by the end of a line or between two verses |
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| (a.k.a. epiphora) the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences |
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| the reversal of the predicate and the subject, rather than have the subject be before the predicate |
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| the concept of "listing" ideas in any particular order for emphasis |
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| the main idea (IC) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases |
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| the regular linguistic sound patterns of a verse |
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| Periodic Sentence (Syntax) |
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| a stylistic device employed at the sentence level, characterized as a sentence that is not grammactically correct or complete until the final clause or phrase |
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| the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted |
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| Euphemism (Figurative Language) |
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| a substitution of a mild, inoffensive phrase for a frank expression that may be offensive |
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| Hyperbole (Figurative Language) |
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| Litotes/understatement (Figurative Language) |
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| a figure of speech in which understatement is employed for rhetorical effect when an idea is expressed by a denial of its opposite |
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| Metaphor (Figurative Language) |
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| a figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible object to represent a less tangible object or some intangible quality or idea |
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| Metonymy/Kenning (Figurative Language) |
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| a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept |
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| Oxymoron (Figurative Language) |
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| combination of contradictory terms |
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| Personification (Figurative Language) |
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| any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects, or abstract concepts |
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| Pun (Figurative Language) |
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| Simile (Figurative Language) |
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| comparison made using the words "like" or "as" |
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| Synecdoche (Figurative Language) |
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| refers to a whole representing a part-or-a part representing a whole |
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| the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current |
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| a word or phrase that is common everyday, usually restricted to specific regions |
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| higher-level vocabulary, more educated, scholarly |
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| terminology specific to a profession or group |
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| any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story |
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| a word that stands out and doesn't belong with other surrounding words |
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