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successive phrases or clauses for rhetorical or poetic effect, as in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: We cannot dedicate--we cannot consecrate--we cannot hallow this ground….  \n􀁸 anecdote – a short narrative (story) used in a longer work or speech—to make a point, often humorous  \n􀁸 antecedent – the noun that a pronoun refers back to in a sentence or closely related sentences.  \n􀁸 antithesis – figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought in parallel arrangements of words and phrases, such as \"He promised wealth and provided poverty,\" or \"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times  \n􀁸 apostrophe – the addressing of an absent person or an inanimate object: Death, where is your sting?  \n􀁸 caesura – a pause for effect in the middle of a line of poetry; (period, dash, semicolon, etc.) it may or may not affect the meter. In scansion, a caesura is usually indicated by the following symbol (//) . Here's an example by Alexander Pop: The proper study of Mankind//is Man  \n􀁸 canon – works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to study or read, which collectively constitute the \"masterpieces\" or \"classics\" of literature.  \n􀁸 carpe diem – a Latin phrase which translated means \"Seize (Catch) the day,\" meaning \"Make the most of today.\"  \n􀁸 catharsis –Aristotle’s word for the pity and fear an audience experiences upon viewing the downfall of a hero  \n􀁸 chiasmus – a reversed repetition in successive clauses which are usually parallel in syntax, as in “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country”(JFK) or “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” (Macbeth)  \n􀁸 chronological ordering – arrangement in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present orin reverse chronological order, from present to past.  \n􀁸 classification (or cataloguing)– as a means of ordering, arrangement of objects according to class; e.g. media classified as print, television, and radio.  \n􀁸 conflict – a struggle between opposing forces: man versus man; man versus nature; man versus himself  \n􀁸 conjunction – part of speech used to link words, phrases, and clauses. Coordinate conjunctions (and, but, or, nor) connect independent clauses. Subordinate conjunctions connect a subordinate clause to an independent clause, a complete thought.  \n􀁸 connotation – the emotional implications that a word may carry; implied or associated meaning for a particular word. Compare the connotations and denotations (dictionary meanings) of the words house and home. 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