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Vocabulary 4
Analytical Device Sheet 4 from Mr. Brown's AP Eng.
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12th Grade
09/29/2011

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Anacoluthon:
Definition
sentence with a different analytical structure than the beginning
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Example of anacoluthon:
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It makes me so-I just get angry.
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Metabasis:
Definition
a brief statement of what has been said and what will follow
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Example of metabasis:
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You have heard how the proposed plan will fail; now consider an alternative that might succeed.
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Pleonasm:
Definition
using more words than required to express an idea
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Example of pleonasm:
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He gave me a free gift.
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Procatalepsis:
Definition
anticipating an objection and answering it
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Example of procatalepsis:
Definition
This is a a stupid question. Or is it? If we look closer...
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Simile:
Definition
comparison between two different things using a comparison words such as like or as
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Example of a simile:
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Her eyes were as blue as the sea.
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Epithet:
Definition
adjective or adjective phrase used to qualify a subject
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Example of epithet:
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Maine has a wine-dark sea.
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Scesis Onomaton:
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emphasis of an idea by expressing it in a string of synonomous phrases
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Example of scesis onomaton:
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A man huge in stature, soft in voice, graceful in manner.
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Oxymoron:
Definition
a paradox reduced to two words
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Example of oxymoron:
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He is a wise fool.
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Anadiplosis:
Definition
repeating the last word of one sentence near the beginning of the next
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Example of anadiplosis:
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When I give I give myself.
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Epsitrophe:
Definition
repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences
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Example of epistrophe:
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Don't you talk about my friends! And don't condescend to speak to any of my friends.
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