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Section 1

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Climax

Front

arrangement of words in increasing order of importance "Miss America was eager to serve her family, her community and her country. "

Back

Assonance

Front

repetition of similar vowel sounds "The sergeant asked him to bomb the lawn with hotpots."

Back

Ellipsis

Front

leaving out a short word or phrase easily understood in context.

Back

Antimetabole

Front

repetition of the same words in successive clause but in reverse grammatical order. "fair is foul and foul is fair" "when the going gets tough the tough get going."

Back

Alliteration

Front

repetition of similar consonant sounds within nearby words "Why not waste a wild weekend at water world."

Back

Anastrophe

Front

Inverting normal word order to draw attention yoda "Glistens the dew upon the morning grass."

Back

parallelism

Front

balancing the sentence "She tried to make her pastry fluffy, sweet and delicate. "

Back

Asyndeton

Front

leaving out conjunctions between phrases "Been there, done that."

Back

Antithesis

Front

contrasting ideas "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Back

Anadiplosis

Front

repetition of the last word from the previous line at the beginning of the next text.

Back

Anticlimax

Front

The opposite of climax the least important element appears last "I will fight for God, for country, and for my pug willie."

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

using many conjunctions between clauses "This semester I am taking English and history and biology and geometry and sociology.

Back

Chiasmus

Front

phrase or clause is repeated inversely like a mirror meaning contradictory things. "Charm is a woman's strength; strength is a man's charm."

Back

Anaphora

Front

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. "The Lord sistteth above the water floods. The Lord remaineth a King forever. "

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