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11 Cards in this Set
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Polysyndeon
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the use of many conjunctions
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Asyndeton
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the omission of conjunctions
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anadiplosis
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repetitiom of last word of one clause at the begining of the following clause
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chiasmus
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an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases
"to stop too fearful, and too faint to go" |
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Parallelism
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similarity in structure in a pair or series of words, phrases, or clauses
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antithesis
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the comparison of contrasting ideas, often in parrel structure.
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synecdoche/metonymy
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a part stands for the whole
"all hands on deck" |
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anaphora
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repition of the same word or group of words at the begining of successive clauses
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epistrophe
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repitition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses
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Anthimeria
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noun changed to a verb
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Ellipsis
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the deliberate omission of a word or words which are implied by the context
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