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  2. Allusion - Wikipedia

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    Allusion differs from the similar term intertextuality in that it is an intentional effort on the author's part. [8] The success of an allusion depends in part on at least some of its audience "getting" it. Allusions may be made increasingly obscure, until at last they are understood by the author alone, who thereby retreats into a private ...

  3. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Chiasmus: two or more clauses related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point. subordinate class to antimetabole. Climax: arrangement of words in an ascending order. Consonance: repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse. Correlative verse: matching items in two sequences.

  4. Talk:Allusion - Wikipedia

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    An allusion is a swaqq term to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication. M.H. Abrams defined allusion as "a brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage".[1]

  5. Extraneous and missing solutions - Wikipedia

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    The solution = is in fact a valid solution to the original equation; but the other solution, =, has disappeared. The problem is that we divided both sides by x {\displaystyle x} , which involves the indeterminate operation of dividing by zero when x = 0. {\displaystyle x=0.}

  6. National Council of Educational Research and Training

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    The program was renamed to National Talent Search Scheme with the NTSE examination now being conducted for classes X, XI, and XII. Currently, the NTSE exam is conducted only for 10th class students in India in two phases with subjects relating to Mental Ability Test and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for 100 marks each. [6] [7]

  7. Intertextuality - Wikipedia

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    James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses bears an intertextual relationship to Homer's Odyssey.. Julia Kristeva coined the term "intertextuality" (intertextualité) [13] in an attempt to synthesize Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotics: his study of how signs derive their meaning from the structure of a text (Bakhtin's dialogism); his theory suggests a continual dialogue with other works of literature and ...

  8. Rhetorical device - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action.

  9. Parallelism (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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    Parallelism (or thought rhyme) is a rhetorical device that compounds words or phrases that have equivalent meanings so as to create a definite pattern.This structure is particularly effective when "specifying or enumerating pairs or series of like things". [1]