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Section 1

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Apposition

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juxtaposing two coordinating elements, normally noun phrases, one which defines, explains, or modifies the other EX: Mrs. Zadlock, the AP Lang teacher, gave students a test

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Polysyndeton

Front

opposite of asyndeton: the deliberate use of many conjunctions EX: It was dark AND there was water AND the trees were vibrant AND everything was on the ground

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Inversion

Front

the usual word order is rearranged, often for the effect or emphasis or maintain the meter (IN a stronger VERSION) EX: The ocean blue

Back

Antimetabole

Front

repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order EX: When the going gets tough, the tough get going

Back

Epanalepsis

Front

(sister beginning and end of your life) repetition at the end of a clause of the word or words that occurred at the beginning of the same clause Blood hath bought blood, and blows

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Parenthesis

Front

insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence

Back

Epistrophe

Front

(comes at the end) deliberate repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive clauses, sentences, or lines EX: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us

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Antithesis

Front

the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance EX: We shall support any friend, oppose any foe

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Chiasmus

Front

repetition of grammatical structures in inverted order (not to be mistaken with antimetabole, in which identical words are repeated and inverted

Back

Anadiplosis

Front

(repetition dips from ending to the beginning) the repetition of the last word (or phrase) from one clause at the beginning of the following clause The love of wicked men converts to fear

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Parallelism

Front

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses EX: He tried to make the law clear, precise and equitable

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Asyndeton

Front

deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses (produces a hurried rhythm) EX: veni, vidi, veci (I came, I saw, I conquered)

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Anaphora

Front

deliberate repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines Ex: What the hammer? What the chain?

Back

Climax

Front

the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance EX: Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God

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Alliteration

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Assonance

Front

the repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words EX: mAd as a hAtter crUmbling thUnder brUtal trUth

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Ellipsis

Front

deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context (cut them out) EX: I ate seven donuts, my competition, four

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