| A | B |
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| alliteration | repetition of an initial consonant sound |
| allusion | a reference to a well known work, historical event or figure |
| analogy | comparing two pairs of images |
| anaphora | repetition of a word of phrase at the beginning of mulitiple consecutive clauses |
| antithesis | juxtaposing opposites |
| asyndeton | a list of parallel words without any conjuctions |
| connotation | implied associations that accompany a word and the accompanying feelings |
| denotations | the actual definition of a word |
| figurative language | comparison of unlike images |
| imagery | using words to represent/describe tangible things/experience |
| irony | the opposite of what would be expected |
| paradox | two opp9osites which contradict eachother but are both equally valid or exist simultaneously |
| polysyndeton | a list of parallel words using a conjuction between each |
| rhetoric | the art of skill of using language effectively and persuasively |
| sensory detail | the use of 2 words (adj + noun) together to create an image that appeals to the senses |
| syntax | formation of sentences in a language, sentence structure |
| thesis | the idea you strive to prove, support, or a large answer to a question |
| tone | author's attitude towards his or her subject |
| tricolon | a list of three objects |
| tricolon crescendo | a list of three objects that increases in intensity |
