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Section 1

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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.

Back

Chiasmus

Front

Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses.

Back

Brachylogia

Front

The omission of conjunctions between single words or phrases.

Back

Asyndeton

Front

Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related causes.

Back

Anastrophe

Front

Inversion of the natural or usual word order.

Back

Alliteration

Front

Repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words.

Back

Climax

Front

Arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance.

Back

Polyptoton

Front

Repetition of words derived from the same root.

Back

Anadiplosis

Front

Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.

Back

Anaphora

Front

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses.

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

Deliberate use of many conjunctions.

Back

Ellipsis

Front

Deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context.

Back

Epistrophe

Front

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

Back

Schemes

Front

The adding or subtracting of a letter or a syllable at the beginning, middle, or end of a word, or by exchanging sounds.

Back

Apposition

Front

Placing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first.

Back

Syncope

Front

Subtracting a syllable from the middle of a word - prosperous for prosperous.

Back

Antithesis

Front

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure.

Back

Apocope

Front

Subtracting a syllable from the end of a word - even for evening.

Back

Prosthesis

Front

add a syllable in front of a word - beloved for loved.

Back

Isocolon

Front

Same number of words, even the same number of syllables.

Back

Epanalepsis

Front

Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause.

Back

Parallelism

Front

Similarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

Back

Metathesis

Front

Transposition of letters in a word - clapse for clasp.

Back

Antimetabole

Front

Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.

Back

Parenthesis

Front

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

Back

Aphaeresis

Front

Subtracting a syllable from the beginning of a word - 'neath for beneath.

Back

Epenthesis

Front

adding a syllable in the middle of a word - visitating for visiting.

Back

Proparalepsis

Front

adding a syllable at the end of a word - climature for climate.

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