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An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage--dwelling on a point.
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Repetition
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The study and practice of effective communication.
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Rhetoric
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A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.
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Rhetorical Question
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A sentence style that appears to follow the mind as it worries a problem through, mimicking the "rambling, associative syntax of conversation"--the opposite of periodic sentence style.
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Running Style
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A mocking, often ironic or satirical remark.
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Sarcasm
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A text or performance that uses irony, derision, or wit to expose or attack human vice, foolishness, or stupidity.
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Satire
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A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as".
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Simile
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Narrowly interpreted as those figures that ornament speech or writing; broadly, as representing a manifestation of the person speaking or writing.
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Style
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The part of a sentence or clause that indicates what it is about.
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Subject
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A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
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Syllogism
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