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| a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken too as if present and the inanimate, animate |
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| a comparison of 2 things not using like or as |
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| occurs when elements of a statement contradict each other |
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| the giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas |
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| a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression |
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| a comparison of 2 things using like or as |
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| a part of something used to signify the whole |
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| a sentence tha6t makes a statement |
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| a sentence that gives a command |
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| a sentence that asks a question |
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| a sentence that provides emphasis or uses strong emotion |
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| two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon |
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| an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
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| two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clause |
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| makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual end of the sentence |
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| makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached |
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| phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or length |
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| two statements that are balanced but opposite |
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| arrangement of ideas in the second clause in a reversal of the first |
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| deliberate ommission of conjunctions in a series of related clauses |
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| intentional ommission of a word or words that are readily implied by the context |
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| a sentence with the predicate before the subject |
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| a rhetorical device in which normally unnasociated ideas words or phrases are placed next to one another often creating an effect of surprise and wit |
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| constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate |
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| a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence. it involves an arrangement of words phrases sentences and paragraphs so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased |
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| deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis |
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| device in wich sounds words and ideas are used more than once to enhance rythm and create emphasis |
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| a question that does not require an answer |
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| repitition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses |
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| repitition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause |
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| repitition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the clause |
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| repitition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses |
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| a sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired effect |
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| a figure of speech in which the speaker says less that what he or she actually feels |
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