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Climax

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Cards (7)

Section 1

(7 cards)

Climax

Front

Figure of repetition in which words or phrases or sentences are arranged in order of increasing intensity or importance

Back

Epistrophe

Front

the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Back

Ellipsis

Front

the omission of a word or series of words

Back

Alliteration

Front

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Back

Asyndeton

Front

omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural

Back

Antithesis

Front

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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