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| 82876404 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | |
| 82876405 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | |
| 82876406 | Antistrophe | the repetition of words at the end of clauses, lines, or sentences | |
| 82876407 | Aphorism | a short saying stating a general truth | |
| 82876408 | apotheosis | the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | |
| 82876409 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. | |
| 82876410 | Chiasmus | Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea | |
| 82876411 | Connotation | suggested or implied meaning of an expression. Colorado= Mountains, not state. | |
| 82876412 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word. Colorado= State | |
| 82876413 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | |
| 82876414 | Inductive | reasoning that begins with specific ideas that lead to a general idea. Small ideas goes to big, general ideas. | |
| 82876415 | Deductive | a text structure that starts with a general idea and works toward specific idea. Big, general ideas lead to specific ideas. | |
| 82876416 | Isocolon | use of parallel structures of the same length in successive clauses | |
| 82876417 | Juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast. "The stars are bright and the sky was black." | |
| 82876418 | Litotes | A figure of speech in which its positive is stated by negating its positive. 'I was not a little upset' when you mean 'I was very upset' | |
| 82876419 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. "He is the man of the cloth." | |
| 82876420 | neologism | a newly invented word or phrase. "To google" | |
| 82876421 | Non-Sequitur | conclusion is not a logical result of the facts. "All cows live in barns, All barns are red, thus,all cows are red. | |
| 82876422 | Paradox | a statement that contradicts itself. " War is Peace" | |
| 82876423 | parallelism | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structure | |
| 82876424 | paronomasia | Using words that sound alike but that differ in meaning (punning). "I do it for the fun of it." | |
| 82876425 | Polysndeton | The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect. | |
| 82876426 | Paraleipsis | A point is stressed by suggesting that it is to obvious to mention. "Not to mention expensive." | |
| 82876427 | Pacing | The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented. "Four months later his body decomposed" | |
| 82876428 | Syllogism | A major point,not a major point, come together to form a conclusion. "All men are mortal, Que is a man, Que is mortal. | |
| 82876429 | Synethesia | sensory experiences may overlap so a patient may "hear" a color or "taste" a sound, phenomenon found in LSD users. "Tried and pale" when describing a voice | |
| 82876430 | Syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. "A jedi you must become you must." | |
| 82876431 | Understatement | a statement that says less than what is meant. "its just a mere flesh wound." | |
| 82876432 | Zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one. "I caught two fish and a cold." |
