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What is Chiasmus?

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A rhetorical device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.

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What is Antimetabole?

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A specific type of chiasmus where the exact words are repeated in reverse order, such as 'One should eat to live, not live to eat.'

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Define Allusion.

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A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.

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What is Asyndeton?

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A literary device that omits conjunctions between parts of a sentence, creating a fast-paced and rapid prose.

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What is Allegory?

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A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people/events or for abstract ideas/qualities.

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What is Authorial Intrusion?

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When the author breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the reader.

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What is Apostrophe in literature?

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A figure of speech in which the speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.

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Define Anadiplosis.

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A rhetorical device where the last word of a clause or sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next.

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What is Assonance?

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The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in words that are close together for emphasis.

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What is Ambiguity?

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The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.