LOC VOCAB CH2

20 flashcards · English · by Samm Du

1. alliteration

   repetition of the same beginning sound of several words or syllables in sequence let us go forth to lead the land we love

2. allusion

   brief reference to a person event place work of art ...real or fictitious let both sides unite to head in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah

3. anaphora

   repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are

4. antimetabole

   repetition of words in reverse order ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country

5. antithesis

   opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction support any friend, oppose any foe

6. archaic diction

   old-fashioned or outdated choice of words beliefs for which our forebears fought

7. asyndeton

   omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty

8. cumulative sentence

   sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on but neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course – both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war

9. hortative sentence

   sentence that urges or calls for action let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us

10. imperative sentence

    sentence used to command and so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country

11. inversion

    inverted order of words in a sentence united there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. divided there is little we can do

12. juxtaposition

    placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or difference our wins and losses

13. metaphor

    figure of speech that implicitly compares two things if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion

14. oxymoron

    paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another peaceful revolution

15. parallelism

    similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses let both sides explore...let both sides seek to invoke...let both sides unite...

16. periodic sentence

    sentence whose main clause in withheld until the end to that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support

17. personification

    attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth

18. rhetorical question

    figure of speech in a form of a question post for the rhetorical effect rather than for the answer who won't want that for their children?

19. synedoche

    figure of speech that uses part to represent a whole the White House has released a statement

20. zeugma

    use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different -- often incongruous -- meanings he opened his mind and his wallet every time he went out with her