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English
10th Grade
03/24/2011

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epiphany
Definition
enlightenment- when a character suddenly proceeds from ignorance to innocence to knowledge and experience
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euphemism
Definition
using soft words to reduce to the harshness of a situation
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metonymy
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a metaphor- the name of one thing is applied to another thing with which it is closely associated
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synedoche
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a metaphor- a part of something is used to signify the whole
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antithesis
Definition
a contrast or opposition
a-b-a-b
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motif
Definition
term that describes a pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism
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hamartia
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tragic flaw
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juxtaposition
Definition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
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asyndeton
Definition
omission of conjunctions
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ellipsis
Definition
omission of obvious words
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anadiplosis
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last word at begining..and so on
pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain
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anaphora
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repetition of similar word at BEGINING OF successive phrases
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epanalepsis
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BEGINING placed at END
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epistrophe
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repetition of same word at END
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polysyndeton
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repetition of CONJUNCTIONS
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antimetabole
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ideas in 2nd phrase is a reversal of first
a-b-b-a
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parralellism
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similarity in he way parts of a sentence or sentences are pt together(grammatical or structural)
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