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| Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound for several words in a sequence. |
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| Brief reference to well known person, event, place (real/fiction) or to a work of art. |
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| The rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition that ends one clause but is at the beginning of the next. |
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| The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. |
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| Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. |
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| When a speaker breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary object or abstract idea. |
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| Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. |
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| Repetition of phrases at the end of a line/sentence |
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| Substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant. |
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| Exaggeration for emphasis or rhetorical effect. |
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| Figure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison. |
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| Repetition of words in reverse order |
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| Old-fashioned or out-dated choice of words. |
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| Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. |
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| Using a single feature to represent the whole. |
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| Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another. |
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| Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. |
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| Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea. |
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| Multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. |
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| Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. |
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| Using two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous, meanings. |
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| Compound-complex Sentence |
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| A sentence that is made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. |
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| An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail. |
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| A sentence/question that urges or strongly encourages. |
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| A sentence that requests or commands. |
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| A sentence that builds toward and ends with the main clause. |
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