Untitled Flashcard Set

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

Epistrophe

The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Allusion

An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

Paradox

A statement that appears self-contradictory but may reveal a truth.

Metonymy

A figure of speech in which one thing is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally.

Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Understatement

The presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is.

Apostrophe

A figure of speech in which the speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.

Personification

The attribution of human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.

Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Anastrophe

The inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.

Antithesis

A contrast or opposition between two things, often expressed in parallel structures.

Asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence.

Polysyndeton

The use of multiple conjunctions between clauses in close succession.

Chiasmus

A rhetorical device in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order.

Juxtaposition

The placement of two or more ideas, characters, or settings beside each other to develop comparisons and contrasts.

Litotes

A form of understatement in which a positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite.

Parallelism

The use of similar structures in two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences.

Zeugma

A figure of speech in which a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence.

Rhetorical Question

A question asked to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Sententia

A quotation, maxim, or wise saying used to sum up a point.

Enumeratio

A rhetorical device used for listing details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step.

Irony

A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.