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| repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence; "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." |
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| brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or a work of art. "let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of isaiah" |
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| repetitions of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines "not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need- not as a call to battle though embattled we are" |
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| repetition of words in revers oder "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." |
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| opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction "we shall support any friend, oppose any foe" |
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| old fashioned or outdated choice of words "beliefs for which our forebears fought" |
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| Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, Clauses or words. "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." |
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| Completes the main idea at the beggining of the sentence and then builds and adds on. " but neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course-both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons,both rightly alarmed by the stead spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war. |
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| calls to action or advises. "let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us" |
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| Variation of order of words in a sentence, subject, verb, object order. "united there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do. |
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| command, or implore. "my fellow citizens of the world; ask not what america will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of man." |
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| placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. "we are the heirs of that first revolution. let the word go forth... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans - born in this century." |
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| paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another "but this peaceful revolution" |
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| using a single feature to represent a whole. "in your hands my fellow citizens more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course." |
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| simiarity of structure in a pair or series of related words. "let both sides explore, let both sides for the first time... let both sides... " |
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| main clause is withheld until the end. " to what world assembly of sovereign states, the united nations, our last best hope in a age where the instruments of war have far out placed the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support" |
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| making something like a person. "with history the final judge of our deeds" |
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| question posed for rhetorical effect rather than an answer. "will you join in that historic effort" |
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| two different words in similar way but producing different meanings. "Now the trumpet summons us again-not as a call to bear arms thougharms we need- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden. |
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