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What is using a word in two different senses
Syllepsis
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What is cliche
Overused and hackneyed
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Provide an example of understatement
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What is understatement
The opposite of hyperbole
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What is sudden shift in tone
Define volta
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What is two things that don't belong together
Dissonance
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What is synecdoche
Part for the whole--literally
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Provide an example of paradox
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What is inductive
The opposite of deductive
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What is solecism
Non standard grammatical usage
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What is 3 part deductive argument
Syllogism
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What is malapropism
Accidentally using a word that sounds similar to the correct word
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Provide an example of irony
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What is humble
The opposite of bombastic (not a term)
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Provide an example of idiom
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What is for the purposes of instruction or teaching
Didactic
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What is tautology
Clarifying a word that doesn't need clarification--needless repetition
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Provide an example of apostrophe
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What is direct reference
The opposite of allusion (not a term)
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What is litotes
Stating how you feel by negating the opposite
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What is the same word or phrase repeated at the end of successive sentences
Epiphora
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What is asyndeton
Lack of conjunctions
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Provide an example of antecedent
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What is asyndeton
The opposite of polysyndeton
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What is answer will vary (but must rhyme)
Prove an example of aphorism
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