(10) ASYNDETON ~-~ the omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses, as in the phrase "I came, I saw, I conquered"
Late Latin, from Greek asundeton, from neuter of asundetos, without conjunctions : a-, not; see a-1 + sundetos, bound together
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ARCHETYPE- an original model from which all things of the same kind are copied; prototype
Apostrophe: a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive or present and was able to reply.
Alliteration: the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
Antihero: a protaganist whose characteristics or goals are unlike those that would make him a hero, or her a herione.
Allegory: A narrative that serves as an extended metaphor that conveys abstract ideas into one whole meaning.
ALLUSION: AN IMPLIED OR INDIRECT REFERENCE TO A PERSON, EVENT, PLACE, THING, OBJECT, COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEM, MODE OF VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION, ATHLETIC SUPPLIES, MONSTER, MOTION PICTURE, ETC.
Anaphora: A rhetorical term for the repitition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
Anastrophe is a reversal of a normal word order, with words or phrases being juxtaposed.
Example:
Blessed are the meek. (vs. The meek are blessed.)
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