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Chiasmus

Front

Repetition of ideas in an inverted order. i.e: It is boring to eat; to sleep is a fulfilling.

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Antithesis

Front

Contrasting words. sentences, or concepts within parallel grammatical structures. i.e: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Back

Asyndeton

Front

Omission of a conjunction such as "and" or "as" from a series of related clauses. i.e: "I came, I saw, I conquered."

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Periodic Sentence

Front

Long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word--usually with an emphatic climax "And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."

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Anaphora

Front

Word(s) that is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more successive clauses.

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Parenthesis

Front

Qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause or word that writers insert into their work.

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Anastrophe

Front

Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis. i.e: Troubles, everybody's got.

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Parallelism

Front

Usage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and rhythm to a passage. i.e: Easy come, easy go.

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Apposition

Front

When one noun follows another to describe it

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Loose Sentence

Front

A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses. As the number of subordinate constructions increases, the loose sentence approaches the cumulative style "I found a large hall, obviously a former garage, dimly lit, and packed with cots."

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Ellipsis

Front

Omission of words. i.e: So...what happened?

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Polysyndeton

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Employing many conjunctions between clauses, often slowing the tempo or rhythm.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of same sound at the beginning of adjacent words. i.e: Big black bugs bleed big black blood.

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Epistrophe

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Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word(s). i.e: We are born to sorrow, pass our time in sorrow, end our days in sorrow.

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