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| character (names) stand for abstract qualities |
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| the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of successive words |
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| indirect reference through a name or quotation familar to most people of a particular culture |
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| capability of being understood in more than one way |
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| repetition of same words or group of words at beginning of clauses or sentences |
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| word order reversed or rearranged |
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| brief story of a single incident, often amusing |
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| opposite or contrasting ideas |
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| direct adress to an absent person or an abstract, nonhuman entity |
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| the placing side by side of two coordinate elements, the second explaining the first |
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| a declaration made without proof |
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| involves the repetition of sounds within words |
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| conjuctions are omitted, creating fast-paced rapid prose |
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| unsuccessful effort to achieve pathos, author overshoots and becomes trivial |
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| the first clause or phrase is reveredin the second, sometimes repeating the same words |
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| commonplace, overused expression |
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| writer arranges ideas in order of importance |
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| the repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants but with a change in the intervening vowel |
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| an argument in opposition to the main idea of the essay |
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| inclined to question the sincerity and goodness of people's methods |
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| reasoning from general to particular |
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| the use of words divided into vocabulary and syntax |
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| usage common in books and lofty discourse |
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| usage found everyday in relaxed, polite conversations |
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| everyday usage that includes terms particular to a group |
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| group of newly coined words that are not yet part of formal usage |
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| temporarily departing from the main subject |
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| asserting a matter of opinion as if it were fact |
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| the ommision of words indicated by... |
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| repetition of a word at the end of a sentence that was present at the beginning |
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| terse, pointed, witty saying |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses |
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| appeal to author's credability |
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| the substition of inoffensive words for negative ones |
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| inciting or stirring up by words of advice |
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| writing which appraises or explains |
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| valuing ideal or imagined aspects more than practical |
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| reasoning from specific to general |
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