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asyndeton

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omitting the conjunction before the last item in a parallel series so as to but greater emphasis on it

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alliteration

Front

repetition of consonants often to emphasize key words or occasionally add humor

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anaphora

Front

when the same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences —EPISTROPHE IS SAME BUT AT THE END

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polysyndeton

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-type of parallelism adding conjunctions where they are not ness. needed to separate elements and emphasize mass rather than a list and slow down rhythm

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assonance

Front

repetition of a vowel sound ex. "honesty is the best policy"

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apposition

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When we use two noun phrases next to each other in a clause, and they refer to the same person or thing ex. "a demanding critic, John Simon loves tearing apart bad movies" ex. "the kids finally came home, exhausted and hungry"

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interruption

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comes in the middle of a sentence disrupting flow usually coming between the subject and verb —question whether these disrupt clarity too much and make it sound too awkward

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inversion

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-tactic for sentence variety -a departure from the customary arrangement of words -if you had read his book, you would have seen.. VS. -had you read his book, you would have seen..

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rhetorical parallelism

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use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or have similar construction, sound meaning or meter -gives rhythm, balance and flow ex. "just when my husband...,just when he... I discovered..." —2 part= twice in a sentence -triad= three times in a sentence -a lot of them

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anadiplosis

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repetition of the last word of one sentence or clause as the first one of the next

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antithesis

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a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other ex. not for..., but for...

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self-correction

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way to convey a sense of immediacy of the writers thoughts ex. the boys came from wealthy families, hence they deserved- no, they earned- special rights to be in their clubs

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