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Consonance

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A type of alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds

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Asyndeton

Front

Using no conjunctions to create an effect of speed or simplicity

Back

Zeugma

Front

A verb or adjective that applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas

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Apposition

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

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Climax

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Arrangement in order of increasing importance

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Epistrophe

Front

Repetition of a concluding word

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Alliteration

Front

When words, typically three or more, have the same first consonant sound fall within the same sentence or phrase

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Parallelism

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When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure

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Assonance

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A type of alliteration: the repetition of vowel sounds

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Anastrophe

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Inverted word order from what one expects

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Parenthesis

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

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Anaphora

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Repetition of beginning clauses

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Chiasmus

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Taking parallelism and deliberately turning it inside out, creating a "crisscross" pattern

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Tricolon

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A type of parallelism: clause or series of clauses composed of three or more phrases of similar structure and length

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Antithesis

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Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. It can be a contrast of opposites or contrast of degrees.

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Anadiplosis

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When the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence

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Polysyndeton

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Using many conjunctions to achieve a lengthy an overwhelming effect

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Diacope

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Repetition of a phrase or word, broken up by other intervening words

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Polyptoton

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Repetition of the same root word, however, each time the word is repeated in a different way; use of excessive words

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