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| 98983352 | device | 1. an object made for a specific purpose (machine, mechanism, apparatus) | |
| 98983353 | device | 2. in writing, a technique, pattern, or arrangement of words used to create an effect to evoke a response from the reader | |
| 98983354 | transition words | 1. words that provide coherence by helping the reader understand the relationship between ideas; such words can used between words, sentences, and paragraphs | |
| 98983355 | repetition | 1. reiteration (replication, recurrence, duplication) | |
| 98983356 | parallelism | 1. In writing, the intentional balancing of construction with words or portions of words, phrases, or sentences. | |
| 98983357 | anaphora | 1. in rhetoric, the repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences (a form of repetition and parallelism) Example: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities | |
| 98983358 | anaphora | 2. in grammar, the co reference of one expression with its antecedent (precursor, forerunner). The antecedent provides the information necessary for the expression's interpretation. Example: A woman was eating in the café; she was sitting by the window. | |
| 98983359 | epistrophe | 1. in rhetoric, the repetition of the same words or phrases at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences (a form of repetition and parallelism); the counterpart to anaphora Example: When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. - 1 Cor 13:11 (King James Translation) | |
| 98983360 | antithesis | 1. exact opposite (converse, reverse) | |
| 98983361 | antithesis | 2. in writing, the use of two terms in contrast Example: pretty ugly | |
| 98983362 | antithesis | 3. in rhetoric, a stylistic device that is a form of parallelism where the writer juxtaposes sharply-contrasting ideas in balanced (or parallel) words, phrases, or grammatical structure Example: "To err is human; to forgive is divine." | |
| 98983363 | isocolon | 1. in writing, a form of parallelism where items are similar in both grammatical structure and length—creating a beat, or rhythm, to the work Example: "Many are called but few are chosen." | |
| 98983364 | illustrative detail | 1. in rhetoric, the use of details and examples (facts or stories) to clarify and expound on an idea | |
| 98983365 | alliteration | 1. in writing, the use of the same beginning consonant on two or more words that are in close proximity; alliteration is also used with vowels Examples: Best Buy (store), Seattle Seahawks (sports team), Mickey Mouse (famous cartoon character) Example: Was he not unmistakably a little man? A creature of the petty rake-off, pocketed with a petty joke in private and denied with the stainless platitudes in his public utterances.-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters | |
| 98983366 | allusion | 1. indirect, casual mention that refers to another idea Example: I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the Planet Earth. - Senator Barak Obama, speech at a fund-raiser for Catholic charities, October 16, 2008 | |
| 98983367 | figurative language | 1. language that goes beyond the literal meaning; examples of figurative language are imagery, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and idioms | |
| 98983368 | comparison | 1. to liken one thing to another; to show relationship in similarity | |
| 98983369 | description | 1. a statement explaining, telling, illustrating, or expressing | |
| 98983370 | imagery | 1. in writing, a device or description creating a sensory image for the reader | |
| 98983371 | inextricable/inextricably | 1. not capable of solving, undoing, or untangling | |
| 98983372 | inextricable/inextricably | 2. hopelessly perplexing | |
| 98983373 | manacle | 1. handcuffs, chains, or restraints—physical or figurative [noun] | |
| 98983374 | manacle | 2. to restrain [verb] | |
| 98983375 | appalling | 1. expression of horror and dread, or dismay and revulsion | |
| 98983376 | languishing | 1. lingering [adjective] | |
| 98983377 | languishing | 2. to become weak [verb] | |
| 98983378 | languishing | 3. desiring (pining away) or having tender feelings of melancholy [verb] | |
| 98983379 | inalienable | 1. inherent and absolute (unchangeable, immutable, incontrovertible, indisputable, undeniable) | |
| 98983380 | prodigious | 1. larger in size or state (monstrous, vast) | |
| 98983381 | prodigious | 2. exceptional or phenomenal (wonderful, miraculous, amazing) | |
| 98983382 | curvaceous | 1. wavy and rounded, often pertaining to a woman's body | |
| 98983383 | degenerate | 1. to fall apart or deteriorate [verb] | |
| 98983384 | degenerate | 2. having lost its qualities of wholeness, normalcy, or morality [adjective] | |
| 98983385 | degenerate | 3. a person who is morally corrupt (reprobate) [noun] | |
| 98983386 | prominent | 1. conspicuous (obvious, noticeable, eye-catching) | |
| 98983387 | prominent | 2. sticking out | |
| 98983388 | prominent | 3. important, well-known (famous) | |
| 98983389 | ancillary | 1. auxiliary (supplementary, back-up support) [adjective] | |
| 98983390 | ancillary | 2. subordinate (secondary, minor) [adjective] | |
| 98983391 | ancillary | 3. an object that serves in a back-up or supportive capacity [noun] |
