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12 Cards in this Set
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repitition
ex: it takes, it takes it takes |
Anaphora
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XY - YX
ex: Its not the men in my life, its the life in my men. |
Chiasmus
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seemingly contradictory but it is actually true
ex: i dont hustle with people who are dishonest |
paradox
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and, or or another conjunction but with no commas
ex: and morality and loyalty and obligation |
polysyndeton
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outlandish comparison with something normal
ex: honey you are a regular nuclear meltdown |
catachresis
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ex: of the people, for the people, by the people
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epistrophe
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key words are repeated at the beginning and the end of a sentence
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conduplicatio
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words are repeated close to each other
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anadiplosis
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words describe thing
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appositio
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turn around bad word to sound good but its still bad
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euphemismos
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emphasis of word 2 or more times
ex: Rhett, Rhett, Rhett |
epizeuxis
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ex: the hospital tried to revive him (only the doctors tried to revive him)
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synecdoche
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