Second Vocab Words Flashcards

1
Q

A figure of speech that replaces the name of something with a word or closely related phrase association.

A

Metonymy

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2
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The use of one word in a sentence to modify two other words

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Zeugma

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3
Q

Extended metaphor

A

Conceit

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4
Q

A literary device that gives human attributes to non-human subjects

A

Personification

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5
Q

Comparison using “like or as”

A

Simile

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6
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Comparison of two dissimilar things; an analogy

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Metaphor

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7
Q

Tools that a rhetor employs to produce a rhetorical strategy

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Rhetorical device

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8
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A figured of speech in which a part stands for the whole word

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Synecdoche

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