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Chiasmus

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A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed

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Apposition

Front

a word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it

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loose sentences

Front

a sentence that is complete before its end

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

Deliberate use of many conjunctions

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periodic sentence

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A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

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Anaphora

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Parallelism

Front

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

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Asyndeton

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omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

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Epistrophe

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

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anastrophe

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Inversion of the natural or usual word order

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Antithesis

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the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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Ellipsis

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in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Parenthesis

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An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence.

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