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| an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue |
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| a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions |
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| the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words |
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a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical
ex:Patrick Henry urged his listeners not to be "betrayed with a kiss." |
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| a comparison between two different things which are similar in some way |
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| the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences |
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| a brief personal narrative which focuses on a particular incident or event |
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| a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced |
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| a concise statement which expresses succintly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance |
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| the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction |
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| a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed |
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| informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing |
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| a fanciful, particuolarly clever extended metaphor |
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| the implied or associative meaning of a word |
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| the literal meaning of a word |
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| having to do with the word choices made by a writer |
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| something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct |
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| the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context |
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| a moment of sudden realization or insight |
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| an indirect, less offensive way of saying something tha tis considered unpleasant |
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| intentional exaggeration to create an effect |
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| concrete, sensory details which contribute to the themes or ideas of a work |
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| an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack |
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| a situation or statement where the truth is the opposite of appearances |
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| a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite |
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| a direct comparison of two different things which suggests they are somehow the same |
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| substituting the name of one object closely associated with it |
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| a standard theme or dramatic situation which recurs in various works |
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| an inference that does not logically follow from the premises |
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| a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds |
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| an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined |
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| an apparently contradictory statement wich actually contains some truth |
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| a humorous imitation of a serious work |
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| the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity or sorrow |
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| describing an excessive display of lealrning or scholarship |
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| endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics |
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| harsh, cutting language / tone designed to ridicule; verbal irony |
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| the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social siutations |
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| the overall manner in which an individual writer expresses ideas |
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| the linking of one word with two other words in two strikingly different ways |
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| a logical arguemtn in which a conlcusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise |
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| an object which is something in itself and yet is used to represent something else |
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| using one part of an object to represent the entire object |
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| the manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences |
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| needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding |
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| the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience |
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| the deliberate represetnation of something as less in magnitude than it really is |
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