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| One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings or traditional expressions of conventional wisdom |
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| assigning to its proper name its literal or homo phonic meaning |
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| a form of comparison which explains the unfamiliar element by comparing it to a more familiar one |
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| Repetition of the last work in one clause at the beginning of another clause |
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| Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or lines |
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| a brief narrative offered in a text to capture the audiences attention or to support a generalization or claim |
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| The repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order |
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| representing persons as inanimate objects |
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| the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, often in parallel structure |
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| the substitution of one part if speech for another |
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| a concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth |
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| Rejecting several reasons why a thing should or should not be done and affirming a single one, considered most valid |
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| Deliberating with oneself as though in doubt over some matter asking oneself- or rhetorical asking one's hearers- what is the best course of action |
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| the omission of conjunction between related clauses |
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| Talking around a subject or talking around a meaning |
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| Ending a series of liners, phrases clauses or sentences with the same word or group of words |
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| A word or phrase adding characteristic to a person's name |
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| An indirect expression of unpleasant information in such a way as to lesson its impact |
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| a metaphor that lasts for longer than just one phrase or sentence |
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| A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence |
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| Contrast between what is said and what is ment |
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| Deliberate understatement especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite |
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| the unintentional use of words that resembles the word intended but that has very different meaning |
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| Referring to something or someone by naming one of their attributes |
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| Placing two ordinarily opposing terms adjacent to one another a compressed paradox |
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| a statement that is self-contradictory in the surface yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless |
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| Similarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases or clauses |
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| The substitution of a word or phrase for a proper name or the use of a proper name as short hand to stand for qualities associated with it |
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| using many conjunctions between clauses, often to slow the temps or rhythm of the language |
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a play in words
Antanaclasis: sounds alike
Paronomasia: alike in sound but different in meaning
Syllepsis: used different to other words meaning w/in the sentence |
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| A whole represented by naming one of its parts |
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| three parallel elements of the same length occurring together in a series |
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| a trope in which one word usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning |
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