paper 1 (literary devices)
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asyndeton
an absence of conjunctions
allusion
an implied or indirect reference
amplification
the process of making something stronger, bigger, louder, or more important
anacoluthon
an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
anaphora
repetition of one or more words at the beginning of consecutive phrases, clauses, or sentences
aporia
statement of hesitaition
apostrophe
addressing a absent person or personified thing
dialect
a regional variety of language that is distinguished by features of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary
epanalepsis
starting and ending a clause with the same word or phrase
epistrophe
the repetition of a word at the end of each phrase or clause
euphamism
words to describe an action that does not portray it in its full reality
hyperbaton
when the natural order of words is changes
hypophora
when a writer raises a question and then immediately answers it
neologism
a new or invented word (e.g. shopaholic)
parallelism
two or more phrases in a sentence that have the same grammatical structure
polysyndeton
a device that uses multiple repetitions of the same conjunction in one sentence
satire
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity
tricolon
a series of three parallel words, phrases, clauses, or statements
telegraphic sentence
when a sentence is less than 5 words in length
declarative sentence
a sentence that makes a statement
imperative sentence
a sentence that gives a command
interrogative sentence
a sentence that asks a question
exclamatory sentence
a sentence that makes an exclamation
cumulative sentence
a sentence that makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending
periodic sentence
a sentence that only makes sense when the end of the sentence is reached
asyndeton
the exclusion of conjunctions in a series of related clauses
juxtaposition
a device where normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another