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metaphor

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figure of speech that says one thing is another to explain by comparison. Ex: 'And if a beachhead of suspicion may push back the jungle of suspicion."

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antimetabole

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repetition of words in reverse order. Ex: "[A]sk not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Ex. #2: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

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asyndeton

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omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. Ex: "[W]e shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Ex #2: "He received applause, prizes, money, fame."

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rhetorical question

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figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather that for the purpose of getting an answer. Ex: "Will you join in that historic effort?"

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archaic diction

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old-fashioned or outdated choice of words. Ex: "[B]eliefs for which our forefathers fought."

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personification

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attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea. Ex: "With history the final judge of our deeds."

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cumulative sentence

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sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on. Better definition: An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea. Contrasts with periodic sentence. Ex: "But neither can two great and powerful nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened . . . both rightly alarmed . . . yet both racing . . . war." Ex. #2:"I write this at a wide desk in a pine shed as I always do these recent years, in this life I pray will last, while the summer sun closes the sky to Orion and to all the other winter stars over my roof."

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metonymy

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using a single feature (closely associated with it) to represent the whole. Ex: The Pentagon stated . . . " The JFK example is more clearly a synecdoche (a partial feature that represents the whole--or a whole that is representatiove of only a part--Internet for WWW or eyes for person). Example: "In your HANDS, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course."

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parallelism

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similarity of structure in a pair or series related words, phrases, or clauses. Ex: "Let both sides explore . . . Let both sides . . . formulate . . . Let both sides unite . . ."

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periodic sentence

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sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end. Ex: "To that world assembly . . . we renew our pledge of support."

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zeugma

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use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous meanings. Ex: " . . . not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need - not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden . . . " Ex. #2: "She looked at the object with suspicion and a magnifying glass" --Dickens

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hortative sentence

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sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action. Ex: "Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."

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oxymoron

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paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another. Ex: "peaceful revolution"

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allusion

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brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. Ex: "Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah" Ex #2: " Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss."

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imperative sentence

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sentence used to command or enjoin (to prescribe - ordain - prohibit - forbid). The verb indicates an order or a direction to act. Ex: "My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

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alliteration

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repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence. Ex: [L]et us go forth to lead the land we love.

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inversion

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inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order). Ex:"United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do."

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anaphora

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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. Ex: "Not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need--not as a call to battle, though embattled we are." Ex #2: "Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed . . .?"

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juxtaposition

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placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. Ex: "We are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth...that the torch has been passes to a new generation of Americans- born in this century."

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antithesis

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opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. Ex: "[W]e shall support any friend, oppose any foe." Ex.#2: "Give me liberty or give me death!"

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