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| 252065713 | chiasmus | Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second. (eg "Fair is foul, and foul is fair.") | |
| 252065714 | imperative | (adj.) necessary, urgent; (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required | |
| 252065715 | alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | |
| 252065716 | litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | |
| 252065717 | anaphora | the repitition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences; example: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right," (Lincoln's second inaugural address) | |
| 252065718 | metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads'), substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ("The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war/fighting].") | |
| 252065719 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). | |
| 252065720 | aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life. Examples: "Early bird gets the worm." "What goes around, comes around.." "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." | |
| 252065721 | absolutes | using words like "always" and "never" which have finite meanings | |
| 252065722 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. A conceit displays intellectual cleverness due to the unusual comparison being made. | |
| 252065723 | parallelism | similarity in structure and syntax in a series of related words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that develops balance. Ex. "When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative"- MLK | |
| 252065724 | subjunctive | uses different form of the past and present to express matters of urgency, formality, possibility, or speculation, ie. "If I WERE..." | |
| 252065725 | ellipses | deliberate omission of word/words which are really implied by the context | |
| 252065726 | apostrophe | a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent. | |
| 252065727 | zeugma | a type of pun where the use of a word modifies two or more words, but used for different meanings (On the fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.) | |
| 252065728 | ad hominem | In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." |
