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5089332342AlliterationRepetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence.0
5089332343AllusionBrief reference to a person, event, or place( real or fictitious) or to a work of art.1
5089332344AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses, or lines.2
5089332345AnnotationThe taking of notes directly on a text.3
5089332346AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order.4
5089332347AntithesisOpposition or contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction.5
5089407141Archaic DictionOld-fashioned or outdated choice of words.6
5089407142AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.7
5089407143ColloquialismsA word or phrase that is not formal or literary typically one used in ordinary of familiar conversation.8
5089407144Complex sentenceA sentence that includes one independent clause and at least on dependent clause.9
5089407145Cumulative(loose sentence)Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on.10
5089407146DeclarativeOf the nature of or making a declaration.11
5089596916DictionA speakers choice of words, analysis of diction looks at theses choices and what they add to the speakers message.12
5089596917Figures of speechNonliteral language, sometimes referred to as ropes or metaphorical language, often evoking strong imagery. Often compares one thing to another.13
5089596918Hortative/ Hortatory14
5089596919HyperboleDeliberate exaggeration used for emphasis is or the produce a comic or ironic effect, an overstatement to make a point.15
5089596920ImageryA description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells or sounds. Imagery may use literal or figurative language to appeal to the senses.16
5089596921Imperative sentenceSentence used to command or enjoin.17

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