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3580885350TropesWords/phrases/images used in a way that wasn't intended0
3580885767SchemesChange in the standard word order or pattern1
3580886751Anastrophe(s) (sister to chiasmus) Changing word order for emphasis. Ex: "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country"2
3580887797Apostrophe(s) calling out to person/idea that can't respond, or directly addressed to an abstract idea. Ex: "Freedom, hear my call"3
3580888404Epistrophe(s) (sister to Anaphora) Repetition of phrases/words @ the END of successive sentences.4
3580890146Hyperbole, metaphor, personification, simile, rhetorical questionCommon Tropes5
3580891809Irony(t) Word/phrase used to mean opposite of literal meaning6
3580892166Dramatic Irony(t) The audience knows what the character does not - builds tension7
3580892462Situational Irony(t) Opposite of what you expect to happen8
3580893040Verbal Irony(t) Saying the opposite of what you mean Ie: sarcasm, puns!! Ex: I had a really good fish pun, but I forgot it. I'll just have to mullet over for a bit until I remember.9
3580894907Anthropomorphism(t) Giving animal characteristics to humans10
3580895114Oxymoron(t) Connecting 2 contradictory terms11
3580895446Litotes(t) Making direct understatement for emphasis12
3580895447Susan Zhoucoolest cat13
3580895793Emily Kaszyknot cool cat hAA14
3580898248Metonymy(t) Substitutes an associated word for the one that is meant Ex: Military bands full of officers = "Top brass"15
3580898745Periphrasis(t) Substitution of descriptive word/phrase for a proper noun Ex: God = "The big man upstairs"16
3580899492Synecdoche(t) A part stands for the whole Ex: a nice car = "nice set of wheels" - Wheels stands for the entire car17
3580900240Zougma(t) One verb governs several words/clauses in different senses. Ex: "He stiffened his drink and his spine"18
3580905759Antithesis(s) placing 2 opposites together for emphasis Ex: Love is forever; hatred is fleeting19
3580909059Anaphora(s) successive repetition of word/phrase @ beginning of sentence20
3580909970ParallelListing/structure is the same21
3580910162Short Sentenceto accentuate a point22
3580910377Long SentenceReflective in some way - ask what is the purpose of adding more detail?23
3580912798Loose SentenceThe point is at the end of the sentence, more specific than Long sentences. Ex: After all this time, after all these years, we finally made it home.24
3580913648Periodic SentenceThe point is at the beginning of the sentence, but still has modifiers. Ex: We finally made it home after all these years, all this time.25
3580915877ChiasmusReversal of 2 clauses to create a balance (like an X visually) Ex: Never let a fool kiss you, or you kiss a fool. (shift in who does the action)26
3580916699AsyndetonAbsence of "and" in a list27
3580917270PolysyndetonMultiple "and"s in a list28

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