Critical Vocab #3 (2024)

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A figure of speech expressing contrast through parallelism of opposing ideas.

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antithesis

Front

A verbal pattern where the second half of an expression mirrors the first but in reverse.

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chiasmus

Front

Repetition of a word/phrase at the end of clauses.

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epiphora

Front

A figure of speech where a part represents a whole or vice versa.

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synecdoche

Front

Mistaken belief based on an unsound argument.

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Fallacy

Front

Full significance of a character's words/actions clear to audience but unknown to the character.

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irony

Front

A statement that contradicts itself.

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paradox

Front

A figure of speech with contradictory terms side by side.

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oxymoron

Front

Repetition of a prominent and usually the last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next.

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anadiplosis

Front

Repetition of the same word/phrase at the start of clauses or verses.

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anaphora