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Rhetorical Terms
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English
10th Grade
12/12/2011

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Allegory
Definition
The device of using story elements symbolically
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Alliteration
Definition
Reptition of sounds
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to something that's commonly known
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Ambiguity
Definition
Multiple meanings
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Anadipolosis
Definition
The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
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Analogy
Definition
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
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Anaphora
Definition
One f the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more clauses
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Anecdote
Definition
A short narrative
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Antecedent
Definition
A word or phrase referred to by a pronoun
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Aphorism
Definition
A terse statement normally by a well known author
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Apostrophe
Definition
A figure of speech that directly addresses an imaginary person or something that cannot answer
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Atmosphere
Definition
An emotional mood
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Clause
Definition
A grammatical unit
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