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parody

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an imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject ex- mimicking movies

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Polysyndeton

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Deliberate use of many conjunctions ex-For Christmas, I want a doll and a ball and an IPad and a new pair of boots.

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Parallelism

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The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. ex- I don't want to live on in my work. I want to live on in my apartment.

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periodic sentence

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A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end. In other words, the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support. ex- If you look at Medusa, you will be turned into stone forever.

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pathos

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that element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow. Also, the emotional appeal used to persuade an audience to accept a certain point of view or opinion ex-advertisers use their emotions to help trigger reactions in the audience

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persona

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The role or facade that a speaker or writer assumes or depicts to a reader or other audience. ex-A politician wants to come off to voters as a regular, nice guy who cares about normal people.

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paraphrase

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a version of a text put into simpler, everyday words ex-wording it in her own way, using unique word choice and sentence structure.

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personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human characteristics ex- The wind whispered through dry grass.

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pedantic

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narrowly academic instead of broad and humane; excessively petty and meticulous ex- the Big Bang theory

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pathetic fallacy

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faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects ex-a cat that think devious thoughts

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