TERMS 1
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
what is Syntax
A deductive system of formal logic
what is syllogism
deliberate use of many conjunctions (does not involve omission, but is grouped with its opposite, asyndeton)
What is Polysyndeton
A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
What is Euphemism
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
What is Antecedent
Example : "A bad penny always turns up."
What is Aphorism
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish
What is Pedantic
deliberate omission or a word or of words
What is Ellipsis
Deliberate use of understatement
What is Litotes
Example : cap/no cap, bet, dope, phat bet
What is colloquial/colloquialism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
What is Allegory
A sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.
What is Loose sentence/periodic sentence
The joining of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory
What is Oxymoron
Example : "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse"
What is hyperbole
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases.
What is Epistrophe