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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

the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

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Oxymoron

Front

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Antithesis

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a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with each other.

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Epistrophe

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the repetition of one or more words at the end of successive phrases

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Paradox

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a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

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Asyndeton

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the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.

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Climax

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a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance.

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Polysyndeton

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a literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed.

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Balanced Sentence

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two or more clauses or phrases that are parallel in structure.

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Periodic Sentence

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descriptive elements (or details) introduce the sentence, pushing the complete thought to the end of the sentence.

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Cumulative/Loose Sentence

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instead of appearing at the end of a series of dependent clauses, the independent clause opens the sentence, followed by the accumulation of dependent clauses and phrases that modify the independent clause.

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Chiasmus

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a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form (ABBA)

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Juxtaposition

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two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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