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Deliberate use of many conjunctions

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Section 1

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Deliberate use of many conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

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omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

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Asyndeton

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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Parallelism

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repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

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Andiplosis

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Repetition of words in reverse order- "Eat to live, not live to eat."

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Antimetabole

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arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance

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Climax

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the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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Antithesis

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anticlimatic order when you expect something dramatic but it ends with something unexpected

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Bathos

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repetition of the same word or groups of words at the ends of successive clauses

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Apistrophe

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Repetition of vowel sounds "I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless."

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Assonance

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses Example- A man needs a house. A man needs a family. A man needs a life.

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Anaphora

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placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first

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Apposition

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Inversion of the natural or usual word order (yoda)

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Anastrophe

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ommision of word or words which are implied by context

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Ellipsis

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