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Cards (11)

Section 1

(11 cards)

Polyptoton

Front

repetition of words derived from the same root

Back

Chiasmus

Front

a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases

Back

Ellipsis

Front

the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context

Back

Anadiplosis

Front

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

Back

Apposition

Front

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

Back

Asyndeton

Front

omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

Back

Anaphora

Front

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

Deliberate use of many conjunctions

Back

Epistrophe

Front

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses

Back

Antimetabole

Front

Repetition of words in reverse order

Back

Epanalepsis

Front

repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause

Back