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parallelism
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sentence structure which is similar two or more grammatical constructions.
the robber ran across the isle,jumped over the gate,and sprinted down the alley. |
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periodic sentence
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a sentence that is not complete grammatically until the end it is composed of clauses that cannot stand alone o seem incomplete
"And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing." (The King James Bible, I Corinthians 13) from http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/periodicsenterm.htm |
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balanced sentence
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a sentence that contains 2 or more syntactically parallel sentences
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rhetorical question
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a question asked to persuade without expecting an answer
Is this class dead ?answer the questions! |
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antithesis
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opposing proposition from the one originally made
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." -Samuel Johnson |
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anaphora
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the repetition of one same word throughout a peace of work at the begging of a clause or sentence
“Singing the song of procreation, Singing the need of superb children and therein superb grown people, Singing the muscular urge and the blending…” - Walt Whitman |
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anathema
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something that is excluded exiled, hated damned
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aphorism / epigram
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a a witty saying, memorable in one way or another
Some praise at morning what they blame at night. -the pope Imitation is suicide -Emerson |
