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| Similarity of structure in a pair of related words, phrases, or clauses |
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Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance
Ex. "Let a man acknowledge obligations to his family, his country, and his God." |
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| The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel form |
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| Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactic flow of the sentence |
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| One part of the setence governs something quite separate (yoking unlike things) |
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| Deliberate omission of conjunctions between related clauses |
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| Repetition of conjunctions in close succession. |
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| Repetition of the last word of on clause at the beginning of the following clause |
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| Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the bginning of uccessive clauses |
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| Repetition of initial or medial consonant sounds in two or more adjacent words |
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in stressed syllables of adjacent words
Ex. "a blind, despised, and dying king." |
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| Words at the ends of verses in which the final consonants in the stressed sound are the same. |
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