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| the act or instance of placing two or more things side by side | ||
| a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things and so changes our apprehension of either or both | ||
| the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | ||
| effect of literary piece on the reader | ||
| something that does not follow what preceded it; non-sequential | ||
| the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it | ||
| a statement or conclusion that is perhaps true, but too non-specific to be meaningful | ||
| a combination of contradictory or incongruous words | ||
| a statement that seems absurd or self-contradictory, but which turns out to have an acceptable and often profound meaning | ||
| parallelism | ||
| parallel sentence elements regularly appear in lists or in a series, in compound structures, in comparisons using than or as, and in contrasted elements | ||
| a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | ||
| an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | ||
| if your main point is at the end of a long sentence, you are writing a periodic sentence | ||
| a figure of speech in which human characteristics are assigned to non-human things/inanimate objects | ||
| the vantage point from which a story or argument is told or made | ||
| sentences and paragraphs | ||
| a play on words which are identical or similar in sound but which have sharply divers meanings | ||
| words or phrases that limit the force of an author's claim | ||
| circular logic; tautological reasoning; "begging the question" | ||
| the duplication of words, phrases, sounds... | ||
| the art of speaking or writing effectively; all of the means at a writer or speaker's disposal for writing or speaking effectively | ||
| the diction, syntax, figurative language, detail or other formal features of writing by which a writer creates his or her meaning and effect | ||
| exposition, argumentation, description, and narration |
