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| the word choices made by a writer | ||
| a situation that requires a person to decide between two equally attractive or equally unattractive alternatives | ||
| a formal speech praising a person who has died | ||
| the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work | ||
| a sermon, or a moralistic lecture | ||
| a real or fictional episode; a division of an act in a play | ||
| a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree is engaged in a significant struggle and which ends in ruin or destruction. | ||
| a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, esp. one intended to be acted on the stage; a play. | ||
| a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; | ||
| a person or thing that gives contrast to another | ||
| a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent more abstract ideas; Santa Clause, for instance, can be an allegory for generocity. | ||
| a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | ||
| 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) | ||
| a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions (compare to polysyndeton) example: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe" (JFK's inaugural address) | ||
| the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural (compare to a syndeton) example: "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark." (Genesis 7:22-24) | ||
| substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it. Example: "The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war]" | ||
| a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings | ||
| a construction in which one word is used in two different senses example: "After he threw the ball, he threw a fit" | ||
| a three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise example: "All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; Therefore, Socrates is mortal." | ||
| the manner in which words are arranged into sentences |
