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| The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines |
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| Transposition of normal word order; most often found in Latin in the case of prepositions and the words they control. |
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| Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses |
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| Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. |
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| A combination of dissimilar images or discovery of occult resemblances |
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| Stock comparisons so named for the conceits created by Petrarch |
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| The literal meaning of a word. |
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| Having to do with the word choices made by a writer |
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| Something that has teaching or instruction as its primary purpose. |
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| Misfortune due to error of judgment |
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| Highly emotional verbal attack |
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| A type of understatement for emphasis in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. "My parents were not happy when I came home past my curfew." |
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| "One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day." |
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| The substitution of a word naming an object for another word associated with it. |
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| The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses. |
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| A part representing the whole. |
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| A construction in which a single word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one of the words, or has a different meaning when applied to each. "He lost his coat and his temper." |
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| Needless repetition - "Free gift" |
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| Like syllepsis, but with two different words linked to a verb or adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them. |
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| The manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences. |
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