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12 Cards in this Set
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anadiplosis
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the rhetorical repetition of one or several words
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anaphora
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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses
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asyndeton
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the absense of conjunctions
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hendiadys
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the use of two separate words (often nouns) to express a single complex idea
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hyperbaton
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the separation of words naturally belonging together
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litotes
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understatement so as to intensify, affirmation expressed by the negative of the contrary
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metonymy
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the substitution of one word for another to which it stands in some close relation
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periphrasis
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circumlocution
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pleonasm
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the admission of a word or words which are not necessary to the complete logical expression of the thought
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polysyndeton
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the repetition of conjunctions
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synedoche
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use of the part for the whole, or the whole for the part
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zeugma
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a brachylogy wherein two substantives are used with the same verb, to which only one is stricly appropriate
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