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Section 1

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Apposition

Front

placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. EX: "tom, the doctor, came to dinner last night"

Back

Chiasmus

Front

repetition and reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses (or the ABBA structure). "all for one, & one for all"

Back

Anastrophe

Front

inversion of the natural or usual word order in a sentence. (Yoda talks this way :) EX: "ready are you? what you know of ready"

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

deliberate use of many conjunctions in a sentence. EX: "the pizza has pepperoni and cheese and onions and olives"

Back

Asyndeton

Front

deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series. EX:"we bought milk, eggs, flour, bread"

Back

Parenthesis

Front

insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence. EX: (i'm tired of doing this quizlet)

Back

Epistrophe

Front

repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses. EX: "the government of the people, by the people, for the people"

Back

Climax

Front

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

Back

Parallelism

Front

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses EX: "he found cleaning supplies in the closet, under the sink, but not in the garage"

Back

Anaphora

Front

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. EX: "we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds."

Back

Alliteration

Front

repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words. EX: "sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

Back

Polyptoton

Front

root repetition of words derived from the same. EX:"few are chosen because few choose to be chosen"

Back

Isocolon

Front

similarity not only of structure but of length. EX: "never forgive. never forget"

Back

Assonance

Front

repetition of similar vowel forms, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words. EX: "the rain in spain falls mainly on the plain"

Back

Ellipsis

Front

deliberate omission of a word or of words readily implied by the context. EX:"oh wow..."

Back

Antithesis

Front

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure. EX: "that's one small step for man & one giant leap for mankind"

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