Test 2- Tropes And Schemes Flashcards

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Juxtaposition

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Placement of two things side by side for emphasis

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Anadiplosis

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Figure that builds one thought on top of another by taking the last word of a clause and using it to begin the next clause

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Anaphora

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Repeats the first word in succeeding phrases or clauses

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Antimetabole

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Repetition of words in an inverted order ➰

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Antithesis

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Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas

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Appositive

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Word that names a nearby pronoun

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Asyndeton

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Leaves out conjunctions in a list or between clauses

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Polysyndeton

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Figure that links clauses with a repeated conjunction

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Epanalepsis

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Same word or phrase is found both in the beginning and at the end of sentences

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Epistrophe

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Same word or phrase is repeated at the end of multiple clauses or sentences

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Parallelism

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Use of same general structure to provide links

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Conditional

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Use of the “if … Then” clause

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Declarative

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Gives info and explains what is going on (strong verb)

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Exclamatory

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Provides emotion/emphasis

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Imperative

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Makes a command (often “you” is implied)

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Interrogative

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Asks a question, placing responsibility on audience

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Hortatory sentence

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Urges or strongly encourages

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Allusion

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Reference to a generally well known thing (Shakespearean, mythological, biblical, historical)

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Analogy

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Extended comparison between two unlike things

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Apostrophe

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Direct address of a personified object or audience

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Irony

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Contrast between what seems to be and what really is ( dramatic situational and verbal )

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Dramatic irony

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The audience knows more about what is happening then the characters do

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Situational irony

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An event is the opposite of what is expected

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Verbal irony

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Words mean the opposite of what is intended

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Kairos

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Rhetorical art of seizing the occasion, covering both timing and appropriate medium

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Metaphor

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Figure that makes a comparison without using like or as. Usually describes with vivid language rather than try to explain something unfamiliar.

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Metonymy

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Reference to something closely related to the actual subject, standing in for the object itself

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Paradox

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An impossible pair that does point to a truth

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Synecdoche

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Use of a part of something to represent the whole

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Understatement (litotes)

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Force of description is less than one might expecting

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Inversion

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Reversal of normal word order