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| recurrent syntactical similarity. (Balance) |
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| contrast or opposition between two things (Balance) |
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| An inversion of normal words, for the sake of emphasis. ["This I must see"] (Inversion) |
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| a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence. (Inversion) |
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| noun or noun substitute placed next to another noun to be described by the appositive. (Inversion) |
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| Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context. (Omission) |
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| Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. Gives the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity. (Omission) |
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| recurrence of initial consonant sounds. (Repetition) |
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| recurrence of initial vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants (Repetition) |
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| repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences, commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism. (Repetition) |
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| counterpart to anaphora, because of the repetition of the word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. (Repetition) |
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| Repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. (Repetition) |
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| repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. (Repetition) |
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| consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis. Parallelism usually forms a part of the arrangement, because it offers a sense of continuity, order, and movement-up the ladder of importance. (Repetition) |
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| Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order of repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses. (Repetition) |
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| repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings. (Repetition) |
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