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KAO English 11: Figures of Speech (w/o examples)

Terms in this set (60)

figure of speech
An intended deviation from ordinary usage.
enallage
An effective grammatical mistake.
asyndeton
An omission of a conjunction.
polysyndeton
The repetition of the word "and" at the beginning of successive phrases.
paradiastole
The repetition of the disjunctives, "neither" and "not" or "either" and "or."
hendiadys
Two or more words used, but one meaning intended.
metaplasmus
A purposeful misspelling.
epenthesis
The addition of letters in the middle of the word in a purposeful misspelling.
proparalepsis
The addition of letters to the end of a word in a purposeful misspelling.
aphaearesis
The subtraction of letters from the beginning of a word in an intentional misspelling.
syncope
The subtraction of letters from the middle of a word in an intentional misspelling.
apocope
Subtraction of letters form the end of a word in an intentional misspelling.
antisthecon
The substation of one or more letters in a word in an intentional misspelling.
metatheses
The rearrangement of one or more letters in a word in an intentional misspelling.
ellipsis
The general name for the omission of one or more words.
zeugma
The yoking of a verb to more than one subject while grammatically it strictly refers to only one of them.
syllepsis
The yoking of a verb to more than one subject with a different meaning implied in reference to each subject.
absolute ellipsis
A phrase or sentence in which the omitted material is not betrayed by the words which remain.
scesis onomaton
The intentional omission of a verb.
enthymeme
An abbreviation of a syllogism, where one or more of the premises is missing.
anapodoton
The omission of one or more whole clauses which are not logically implied by the remaining text.
aposiopesis
The intentional omission of the last part of a sentence or the last part of a thought.
aporia
To talk about not being able to talk about something.
praecisio
Simple silence.
tmesis
Breaking a word in two, sometimes to put another word in the spot.
hyperbaton
The deviation from ordinary word order.
anastrophe
The reversal of word order.
hysteron-proteron
The reversal of temporal order in a sentence.
hypallage
A reversal which seems to change the sense of a sentence.
parenthesis
Parenthetical addition by way of explanation.
enallage
An exchange of words or a substation of one for another.
anthimeria
The substitution of one part of speech for another.
antiptosis
The substitution of a prepositional phrase for an adjective.
metonymy
The substitution of one word for another related word.
metalepsis
The double substitution of a word for a related word.
catachresis
An apparently inappropriate substitution of one word for another.
synecdoche
The substitution of a part for a whole.
pleonasm
The addition of superfluous words.
asterismos
The addition of a word to emphasize what follows.
periphrasis
The substitution of more for fewer words.
congeries
Repetition using other words.
antithesis
The repetition of ideas by negation.
epanorthosis
Addition by correction.
polyptoton
The repetition of the same word or root in different grammatical forms.
antanaclasis
Repetition in different senses.
ploce
Repetition in a general and restricted sense.
isocolon
The repetition of grammatical forms.
repetitio
Irregular repetition of a word or phrase.
epizeuxis
Immediate repetition.
diacope
Repetition with only a word or two between.
anaphora
Repetition at the beginning.
epistrophe
Repetition at the end.
symploce
Repetition at the beginning and the end.
epanalepsis
Repetition of the beginning at the end.
inclusio
Repetition of the beginning.
anadiplosis
Repetition of an end at the next beginning.
gradatio
Repeated repetition of an end at the next beginning.
auxesis
Arrangement in ascending order.
epanados
Repetition in reverse order.
chiasmus
Epanodos at the level of the passage.
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