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| 7093157535 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells). The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage. | 0 | |
| 7093157536 | Anadiplosis | It refers to the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. Ex. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear from you." - Yoda, Star Wars | 1 | |
| 7093157537 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. Ex. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." - Dickens | 2 | |
| 7093157538 | Anecdote - | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person. | 3 | |
| 7093157539 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 4 | |
| 7093157540 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - Neil Armstrong | 5 | |
| 7093157541 | Aphorism - | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Ex. A watched pot never boils. | 6 | |
| 7093157542 | Apostrophe - | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back. | 7 | |
| 7093157543 | Assonance- | The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. | 8 | |
| 7093157544 | Asyndeton | consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can give the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account. Ex. "I came. I saw. I conquered." | 9 | |
| 7093157545 | Cacophony - | The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. Ex. "We will have no truce or parley with you and your grisly gang who work your wicked will." - Winston Churchill | 10 | |
| 7093157546 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. Ex. "The land was ours before we were the land's" - Robert Frost (N, V, Pro: Pro, V, N) | 11 | |
| 7093157547 | Clause - | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb and can sand alone as a sentence. A dependent or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 12 | |
| 7093157548 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, as they give a work a conversational, familiar tone. In writing they include local or regional dialects. Ex. A dime, a dozen" | 13 | |
| 7093157549 | Conceit - | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 14 | |
| 7093157550 | Didactic | From the Greek, it literally means "teaching." These works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 15 | |
| 7093157551 | Ellipsis - | The deliberate omission of a word from prose done for effect by author. | 16 | |
| 7093157552 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 17 | |
| 7093157553 | Irony/ironic - | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true. In general, there are three major types used in language. | 18 | |
| 7093157554 | Juxtaposition | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. Ex. Summer and Winter | 19 |
