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Biology Glossary 2 [2]

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anaphora
noun
repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
polysyndeton
noun
the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession
prosopopoeia
noun
personification of inanimate things; a figure of speech in which an imaginary, absent, or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting
climax
noun
a figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity
concinnity
noun
a close harmony of tone as well as logic among the elements of a discourse
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narration
noun
in classical speech the exposition or explaining of the question
asyndeton
noun
the omission of conjunctions or complex propositions
anacoluthia
noun
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence
adversative asyndeton
noun
a staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group
onomatopoeia
noun
the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect
antithesis
noun
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas
hypotyposis
noun
lifelike description of a thing or scene
hysteron proteron
noun
a figure of speech in which the logical order of two elements in discourse is reversed
flourish
noun
a parade of fine language; an expression used merely for effect
copulative asyndeton
noun
a staccato effect produced by omitting copulative connectives between two or more items in a group, such as ?Friends, Romans, countrymen?
paronomasia
noun
the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning
tenor
noun
the subject of a metaphor, such as ?she? in ?She is a rose?
trope
noun
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, or irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense
enallage
noun
the use of one grammatical form in place of another, as the plural for the singular in the editorial use of 'we'
hyperbole
noun
obvious and intentional exaggeration
symploce
noun
the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
peroration
noun
the concluding part of a speech in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force
anastrophe
noun
inversion or reversal of the usual order of words
prolepsis
noun
the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance
ecphonesis
noun
the use of an exclamatory phrase
antiphrasis
noun
the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning
hypozeugma
noun
the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate
proposition
noun
a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated
homeoteleuton
noun
a series of words with the same or similar endings
hendiadys
noun
a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction
syncrisis
noun
the comparison of opposites
mimesis
noun
imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another
epanodos
noun
the recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech including in the reverse order
hypallage
noun
the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, such as in ?her beauty's face? for ?her face's beauty?
anadiplosis
noun
repetition of a prominent word in the first part of a clause usually with a change or extension of meaning
hypozeuxis
noun
the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, such as in ?I came, I saw, I conquered?
epistrophe
noun
the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
paregmenon
noun
the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, such as ?sense and sensibility?
apophasis
noun
denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated
comparison
noun
the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, such as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage
aporia
noun
the expression of a simulated or real doubt
ploce
noun
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, such as ?I am that I am?
apostrophe
noun
a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
antonomasia
noun
the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, such as 'his lordship'
emphasis
noun
special and significant stress of voice laid on particular words or syllables
haploid
a
pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
zygote
n
the cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage.
gamete
n
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.

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