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| insincere (overdone sentimentality) |
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| appeal to pity with a bad argument; not genuine |
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out of place in time
ex: Dinosaurs here in the room |
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| noble intentions (can be through behavior) |
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| over dramatic; clearly rediculous |
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| making a mockery of something |
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| Disorganized; out of sync |
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two things in rythm but seperate
ex: two hands on a piano playing different notes creating a melody |
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| Mockery of a solemn occasion (wedding, funeral,...etc) |
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| Short, brief sentence, usually with advice |
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expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance
similarities to clarify |
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| establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them |
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repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases
ex: To think on death it is a misery,/ To think on life it is a vanity;/ To think on the world verily it is,/ To think that here man hath no perfect bliss. --Peacham |
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| is a comparison between two different things that resemble each other in at least one way |
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compares two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar
ex:You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. |
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| metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes--attributes of form, character, feelings, behavior |
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| deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect |
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| is a short, informal reference to a famous person or event |
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| is an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject, as in "laughing happiness," "sneering contempt," |
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| recurrence of initial consonant sounds |
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- purpose in prose is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back
- interrupts the discussion or discourse
ex: "O value of wisdom that ..." |
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similar vowel sounds repeated
ex: "A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid" |
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