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Vocab List 2 Flashcards

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Allegory

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Short moral story

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Allusion

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Passing reference or indirect mention

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Canon

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A body of rules established as valid and fundamental

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses

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Antithesis

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Use of contrasting words or ideas for balance

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Assonance

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The repetition of similar vowels in successive words

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Apostrophe

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Address to an absent or imaginary person

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Aphorism

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A short pithy instructive saying

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Conceit

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An elaborate poetic image comparing very dissimilar things

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Critique

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Detailed evaluation

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