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Irony Def: A contrast between expectation and reality

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Irony Def: A contrast between expectation and reality

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A fire station burns down. ... A marriage counselor files for divorce. ... The police station gets robbed.

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Rethorical question Def: Question without a definite answer

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Ex: Is the pope Catholic? Is rain wet? You didn't think I would say yes to that, did you?

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Analogy Def: A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

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Ex: Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race, and the one who stops to catch a breath loses.

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Synecdoche Def: A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

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Ex: If you said "check out my new wheels," "wheels" is an example of synecdoche, used to refer to a "car." A part of a car, in this example, represents the whole of the car.

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Anadiplosis Def: Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

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Ex: "They call for you: The general who became a slave; the slave who became a gladiator; the gladiator who defied an Emperor. Striking story."

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Logos Def: Appeal to logic

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Ex: "The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."

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Syntax Def: Sentence structure

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Ex: subject + verb + direct object I enjoy college. Work pays the bills. Hurricanes are scary. The sky is pink.

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Anaphora Def: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Ex: "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better."

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Oxymoron Def: A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

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Ex: There was a love-hate relationship between the two neighboring states. The professor was giving a lecture on virtual reality. Paid volunteers were working for the company.

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Diction Def: Word choice

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Ex: His perfect diction never failed to be commented on. ... His speech and diction were plain, terse, forcible.

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Pathos Def: Appeal to emotion

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Ex: If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! ... "I'm not just invested in this community - I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."

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Epistrophe Def: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

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Ex: "When everybody has short hair, The rebel lets his hair grow long.

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Asyndenton Def: conjunctions are excluded, producing a fast-paced and rapid sequence

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Ex: "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?" (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1, by William Shakespeare)

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Parallelism Def: Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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Ex: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Allusion Def: A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

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Ex: "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her." - "Romeo" is a reference to Shakespeare's Romeo, a passionate lover of Juliet, in "Romeo and Juliet"

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Jargon Def: Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

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Ex: Bang for the buck - A term that means to get the most for your money.

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Thesis Def: A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. Chosen a stance

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Ex: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are the best type of sandwich because they are versatile, easy to make, and taste good.

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Tone Def: Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

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Ex: Airy, comic, condescending, facetious, funny, heavy, intimate, ironic, light, playful, sad, serious, sinister

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Ethos Def: Credibility

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Ex: A commercial about a specific brand of toothpaste says that 4 out of 5 dentists use it.

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Zeugma Def: Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings

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Ex: "She broke his car and his heart." When you use one word to link two thoughts, you're using a zeugma.

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Understatement Def: The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

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Ex: "Deserts are sometimes hot, dry, and sandy." - Describing deserts of the world. "He is not too thin." - Describing an obese person.

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Euphemism Def: An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

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Ex: Passed away instead of died. Dearly departed instead of died. Ethnic cleansing instead of genocide.

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Periodic sentence Def: sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end

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Ex: Despite the blinding snow, the freezing temperatures, and the heightened threat of attack from polar bears, the team continued.

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Paradox Def: A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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Ex: Your enemy's friend is your enemy. I am nobody. Wise fool. Truth is honey, which is bitter.

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Colloquialism Def: informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

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Phrases: (Profanity) Penny-pincher She'll be right (Australian English, meaning everything will be all right) Eat my dust

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Polysyndeton Def: Deliberate use of many conjunctions

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Ex: And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had." (and is used many times as a conjunction)

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Metonymy Def: A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

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Ex: "England decides to keep check on immigration." (England refers to the government.) "The pen is mightier than the sword." (Pen refers to written words, and sword to military force.) "The Oval Office was busy in work."

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Hyperbole Def: exaggeration

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Ex: He's running faster than the wind. This bag weighs a ton. That man is as tall as a house.

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