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chiasmus ("marked with a chi: cross")

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chiasmus ("marked with a chi: cross")

Front

the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism.

Back

asyndeton ("unconnected")

Front

piling up words and phrases without intervening conjunctions.

Back

foot

Front

the basic unit of accentual-syllabic verse, usually consisting of at least one stressed and one unstressed syllable.

Back

iamb

Front

x / (weak - strong)

Back

parallelism

Front

using similar structure in phrases, words, or clauses that are paired or in a series.

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anapest

Front

x x / (weak - weak - strong)

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pure syllabic

Front

meter determined by the total number of syllables per line.

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trochee

Front

/ x (strong - weak)

Back

polysyndeton ("many connected")

Front

using many conjunctions. (Replace every comma in asyndeton with "and" and you will have polysyndeton.)

Back

alliteration

Front

repeating initial or middle consonants in two or more successive words.

Back

spondee

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/ / (strong - strong)

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anaphora ("carrying back")

Front

repeating the same word at the beginning of a sequence of sentences or clauses.

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antithesis ("setting opposite")

Front

placing contrasts side by side, usually in parallel statements.

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pyrrhic

Front

x x (weak - weak)

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scheme

Front

artful variation of usual word order

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epistrophe ("return")

Front

repeating the same word or group of words at the end of a sequence of sentences or clauses.

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dactyl

Front

/ x x (strong - weak - weak)

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free

Front

non-metrical, non-rhyming lines that follow the natural rhythm of speech.

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rhyme

Front

identity of terminal sound between accented syllables, usually occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse.

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pure accentual

Front

meter determined by number of stressed syllables, regardless of total number of syllables.

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accentual-syllabic

Front

meter determined by the number and alternation of its stressed and unstressed syllables, organized into feet. The total number of syllables is fixed.

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assonance

Front

repeating same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that do not rhyme.

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polyptoton ("having many cases")

Front

repeating a word from the same root but in a different form.

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