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13 Cards in this Set
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Antistrophe
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The repitition of words or phrases at the end of a line or sentence.
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Aporia
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Expression of doubt, often feigned.
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Asyndeton
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Lack of connectives or conjunctions between successive phrases.
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Hendiadys
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Use of two words connected by a conjunction, instead of subordinating one to the other, to express a single complex idea.
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Hyperbaton
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Seperation of words which belong together.
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Litotes
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Understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed.
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Pleonasm
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Use of superfluous or redundant words, often enriching the thought.
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Prolepsis
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The anticipation, in adjectives or nouns, of the result of the action of a verb; also, the positioning of a relative clause before its antecedent.
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Syllepsis
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Use of a word with two others, with each of which it is understood differently.
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Synchysis
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Interlocking word order. ABAB.
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Synesis
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The agreement of words according to logic, and not by the grammatical form.
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Tautology
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Repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence.
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Zeugma
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Two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them.
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