Insight - Advanced - Unit 1 - 1D

Here you will find the vocabulary from Unit 1 - 1D in the Insight Advanced coursebook, such as "repetition", "oxymoron", "imagery", etc.

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a literary device where human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities, objects, or ideas

Ex: She used personification to depict the flowers as dancing in the breeze .

[noun]

the act of repeating a word or phrase in a passage as a rhetorical device

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a figure of speech that combines two contradictory or contrasting terms to create a unique expression

Ex: The poet 's use of " cruel kindness " as an oxymoron underscores the paradoxical nature of actions meant to help but causing pain .

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the figurative language in literature by which the audience can form vivid mental images

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a question that is not meant to be answered, but is instead used to make a point or to create emphasis or effect

Ex: " Who does n't want to succeed ? " is a rhetorical question used to make everyone think .

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