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