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| 115278952 | allusion | an indirect reference to literature, art, history - source is not given, the reader is expected to know it | |
| 115278953 | parallel syntax | repetition of words or phrases in a balanced manner to emphasize a point; repetition of words, phrases, and clauses in a concise manner | |
| 115278954 | concrete diction | A poet or author's choice to describe something using words that can be perceived vividly through the use of senses. | |
| 115278955 | asyndeton | 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) | |
| 115278956 | understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | |
| 115278957 | metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') | |
| 115278958 | consonance | repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong | |
| 115278959 | ambiguity | a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation | |
| 115278960 | periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | |
| 115278961 | onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote | |
| 115278962 | soliloquy | a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections | |
| 115278963 | tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers). | |
| 115278964 | litote | for of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity. for example, "She is not a bad cook." | |
| 115278965 | tragic hero | A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy | |
| 115278966 | assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words | |
| 115278967 | alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | |
| 115278968 | paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | |
| 115278969 | juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | |
| 115278970 | hortative sentence | sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action | |
| 115278971 | satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly | |
| 115278972 | simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as | |
| 115278973 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work |
