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Section 1

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Periodic sentences

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the main idea comes last in the sentence, leaving the reader with a more powerful last impression

Back

Loose sentences

Front

modifiers follow the SVC pattern allowing the strength of the sentence to come first

Back

Parrallelism

Front

expressing similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structure

Back

Chiasmus

Front

grammatical structure in which the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words

Back

Anaphora

Front

the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses

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Asyndeton

Front

conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose

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Paradox

Front

a statement or expression so surprisingly self contradictory as to provide us into seeking another sense in which it would be true

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Gerund

Front

a noun formed from a verb

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Antithesis

Front

a figure of speech in which opposing or contrasting ideas are balanced against each other using grammatically parallel syntax

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Inversion

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reversing the normal order of sentence parts for poetic effect

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Polysyndeton

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the opposite of asyndeton; the use of many conjunctions has a slowing effect

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Anastrophe

Front

a rhetorical term for the inversion of the normal order of the parts of a sentence

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Clause

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a group of words containing a subject and verb that may not be a complete sentence

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Antecedent

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the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers

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Rhetorical question

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questions that do not require an answer

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Imperative

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sentence structure that gives a command

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