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Section 1

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compound sentence

Front

a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.

Back

simple sentence

Front

a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.

Back

Connotation

Front

the implied or associative meaning of a word

Back

Ellipsis

Front

three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

Back

loose sentence

Front

A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows

Back

Synecdoche

Front

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

Back

Dialect

Front

a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

Back

Denotation

Front

the literal meaning of a word

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Anadiplosis

Front

repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause

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compound-complex sentence

Front

a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Back

Epistrophe

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the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

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asyndeton / brachylogia

Front

Conjunctions between 2 clauses that go together

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slang

Front

informal language

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Jargon

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vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people

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Onomatopoeia

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the use of words that imitate sounds

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Periphrasis

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A descriptive word or phrase is used to refer to a proper name

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periodic sentence

Front

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

Back

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Anthimeria

Front

Creation of a new word or phrase for humor

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Parallelism

Front

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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Anaphora

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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complex sentence

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a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.

Back

Simile

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comparing 2 things using like or as

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Zuegma

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use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings

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mataphor

Front

a comparison of two different things not using like or as

Back

Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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Antimetabole

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Repetition of words in reverse order

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Metonymy

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substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it

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Pun

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A play on words

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Antithesis

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Direct opposite

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Climax

Front

Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses

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