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| a passing or casual reference |
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| repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |
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| the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
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| use of a word that is normally one part of speech in a situation that requires it to be understood as a different part of speech |
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| figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication |
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| an instance of an expression referring to another |
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| the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance |
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| use of a word as if it were a member of a different word class (part of speech) |
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| address to an absent or imaginary person |
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| original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated |
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| the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
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| the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used |
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| a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line |
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| purging of emotional tensions |
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| an idea that is implied or suggested |
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| the act of indicating or pointing out by name |
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| the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience |
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| (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
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| omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences |
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| repetition after intervening words |
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| repeating words at the clauses' ends |
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| descriptive term (word or phrase) accompanying, or occurring in place of, a name, and having entered common usage |
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| a metaphor that continues into the sentences that follow |
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| a simile that continues into the sentences that follow |
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| unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern |
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| tragic flaw: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall |
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| overbearing pride or presumption |
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| a poetic meter consisting of a line with five feet in each of which the iamb is dominant |
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| used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience |
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| literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, not at the beginning |
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| a rhyme between words in the same line |
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| understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes" |
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| substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') |
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| conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') |
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| (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" |
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| similarity by virtue of corresponding |
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| using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') |
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| an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience. |
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| representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities |
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| substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
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| the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
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| words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning. |
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