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Section 1

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Allusion

Front

reference to something well known example: "or perchance he was some achilles, who had nourished his wrath apart"

Back

Anaphora

Front

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases example: "we shall fight...we shall fight...we shall fight..."

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

use of many conjunctions example: "and...and...and....and..."

Back

Asyndeton

Front

no conjunctions (FANBOY) example: "i came, i saw, i conquered"

Back

Antithesis

Front

opposing ideas that are balanced example: "we shall support any friend, oppose any foe"

Back

Parallelism

Front

similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures example:" ....our....our...our"

Back

Anastrophe

Front

Word order is reversed or rearranged example: "in Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dons decree"!

Back

Epistrophe

Front

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ENDS of successive clauses example: "....my hand....my hand....my hand"

Back

rhetorical question

Front

for rhetoric effect rather than an answer

Back

Chiasmus

Front

a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases example:"fair is foul and foul is fair"

Back

colloquial

Front

informal or conversational use of language example:" y'all in texas"

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