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AP Terms Week 2
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English
11th Grade
09/13/2013

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Anadiplosis

Definition
(Ends with a word. Next sentence starts with that word)
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Anaphora

Definition
(he fell down, down, down.)
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Parenthesis

Definition
(qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.)
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Asyndeton

Definition
 (getting rid of the connecting verb)
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Ellipsis

Definition
(omission of verbs, or clauses)
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Metonymy

 

Definition
 (Hollywood= U.S. Film industry)
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Metaphor

Definition
(comparison w/o like or as)
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Oxymoron

 

Definition
(cold-fire, jumbo shrimp)
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Hyperbole
Definition
Over exaggeration
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Allusion
Definition
referring to a literary, biblical, or historical thing or event
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PAradox
Definition
EX: Division in unity
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Alliteration
Definition
Larry Licked the Lucious lollypop
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Brusque
Definition

(quick, stopped, rushed offhand in manner of speech)

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Impartial
Definition
fair and just
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Detached
Definition
sperate, off topic, disconnected
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Despondant
Definition
low spirits, low hopes
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Self-Desecrating
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violating one self

hurtful to ones self

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allusive
Definition
characterizing by indirect refrence
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Acerbic
Definition
Sharp forthright
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