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refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images |
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In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." |
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a work that functions on a symbolic level |
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- the repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers |
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a reference contained in a work. |
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the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage |
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| involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what otherwise might be passed over |
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| a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words, it is the comparison between two different items |
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| the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines |
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| transposition of normal word order; most often found in Latin in the case of prepositions and the words they control. (a form of hyperbaton) |
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[image] a story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate to a point. |
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a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. |
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| a defense as to why something was written |
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| A pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation on life |
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[image] a single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer |
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| the means by which a writer reveals a characters personality |
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| two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a) |
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| an over used phrased within society |
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| arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of ascending power. |
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| the use of slang in writing, often to create local color and to provide an informal tone. |
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| struggle or conflict with in the story |
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| the implict meaning, going beyond the dictionary meaning |
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| a rhetorical device by which one element is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis |
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| the conclusion of a story |
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| the recreation of regional spoken language, such as a Southern dialect. |
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