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Allusion

Reference to a historical figure, event, book, title, to try to create deeper understanding

Pandora’s box

Alliteration

Repetition of the same consonants at the BEGINNING of a word

Krispy creme

Anaphora

The repetition of a specific phrase or word at the beginning of a sentence, phrases, clauses or lines

We did it right…… we did it right

Analogy

The comparison of two dissimilar things to create a literal definition or a figurative definition

literal

the heart works like a pump

Figurative

Life is a winding road

antimetabole

repetition of words in reverse order

ex. ask not what the country can do for you— ask what you can do for your country.

antithesis

to contrast an idea or ideas in a parallel structure

ex. Don’t love your job, job your love

Apostrophe

Speaker directly addresses a dead person or an object as if they were still alive

ex. wind be still / the romeo and juliet scene where one of them died or smth and they were still talking to each other

Assonance

Repetition of only vowel sounds in a phrase, sentence to give musical harmony for the reader

ex. The low boat was rowed by the pope (w sentence by the way, handcrafted, yes yes)

Hyperbole

an exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

ex. I’M SO HUNGRY I CAN EAT A HORSE

Metaphor

the comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

ex. The world is a stage

Onomotopeia

Using words to create sound

ex. moo

archaic diction

old fashion or outdated choice or words

ex. thy hunchback is rounder than the end of they posterior

asyndeton

excluding conjunction between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.

ex. We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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cumulative sentence

a sentence that complete the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, than builds and adds on.

ex. My mummy was scary, asking me about my grades, appearing out of nowhere to ask if I had eaten breakfast, and surprise-touching me from behind when I least expected it

hortative sentence

sentence that urges for action

ex. So, let us not sit around and wait for a white minivan to pick us up; instead, let us take the bus and advance into a new world of possibilities!"

imperative sentence

Commanding sentence

ex. do your dishes you goofy ah

inversion

inverted words in a sentence

ex. United, win we cannot; divided, win we can (subject-verb-object- order)

juxtaposition

placement of two opposite things (characters, ideas, etc.) closely together to emphasize similarities or differences

ex. a poor old man sat next to a billionaire’s house

oxymoron

paradoxical (contradictory) juxtaposition of words

ex. pretty ugly

parallelism

multiple sentences with the same structure

ex .Let your brother clean his room, and let our children clean their rooms.

Structure: noun, verb, object

periodic sentence

main clause is withheld to the end

ex. Despite the blinding snow, the freezing temperatures, and the slippery roads, the mail was delivered on time.

Personification

giving living qualities to an object

ex. the clouds danced

rhetorical question

a question you don’t answer

synedoche

uses a part to represent a whole

ex. all hands on deck using hands to represent oeople

zeugma

using two different words in a grammatically similar way but produces a different meaning

ex. bear arms and bear the burden are different meanings