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7231175091DictionWord choice, particularly as an element of style0
7231176357Abstract LanguageLanguage describing ideas and qualities (courage, faith, hubris, etc.) rather than observable or specific things, people, or places1
7231177834Concrete Language2
7231177835ConnotationRather than the dictionary definition, association suggested by a word; implied meaning rather than literal or Denotation. (Some words have Positive Connotations (fragrance, slender, studious), and some words have Negative Connotations (odor, scrawny, nerdy)3
7231182954DenotationThe specific, exact meaning of a word, independent of its implications; opposite of connotation.4
7231183916AlliterationThe recurrence of initial consonant sounds5
7231186097OnomatopoeiaThe use of words that sound like what they mean6
7231187758OxymoronA rhetorical antithesis; a figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases7
7231188873RepetitionWord or phrase used two or more times in close proximity8
7231192561Epizeuxisrepetition of one word for emphasis9
7231195737AnaphoraRepetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row10
7231199095EpistropheRepetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences11
7231204129SymploceRepetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences12
7231205601AnadiplosisRepetition of the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next13
7231211761DiacopeRepetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase as a method of emphasis14
7231214773EpanalepsisRepetition of the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end15
7231222102Parenthetical ExpressionA word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence16

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