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Anadiplosis
anna di PLO sis |
A rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next.
Anadiplosis often leads to climax (see also gradatio). Note that a chiasmus includes anadiplosis, but not every anadiplosis reverses itself in the manner of a chiasmus. Example: "I am Sam, Sam I am." (Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham) my example: Steven likes cheese. Cheese is eaten by people from Wisconsin |
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anaphora
ah-NAF-oh-rah |
A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: "Sir Walter Raleigh. Good food. Good cheer. Good times." (slogan of the Sir Walter Raleigh Inn Restaurant, Maryland) my example: Of all the schools in the world. Of all the places in Texas. Of all the towns in wise county. Bridgeport high school is the one with macbooks |
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diacope
di AK oh pee |
A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words. Plural diacopae or diacopes.
Example: "Scott Farkus staring out at us with his yellow eyes. He had yellow eyes! So help me, God! Yellow eyes!" (Ralphie Parker, A Christmas Story, 1983) Steven is from Wisconsin. Wisconsin! Why would you want to live in Wisconsin? |
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parallel structure
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Two or more words, phrases, or clauses that are similar in length and grammatical form. Also called parallelism.
Example: "It is by logic we prove, but by intuition we discover." (Leonardo da Vinci) I ran with my legs. You ran with your hands. |
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Chiasmus
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An inversion of the order of words or phrases when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
Example: "I am stuck on band-aid and band-aid is stuck on me" |
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palindrome
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a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward,
Example: Madam, I'm Adam |
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tautology
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needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness,
Example: “This candidate will win or will not win.” |
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chiasmus
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a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases,
Example: “He went to the country, to the town went she.” |
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aphorism
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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation,
Example: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” |
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epigraph
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an inscription, especially on a building, statue, or the like
Example: The tomb's epigraph claimed that a very noble man lies within. |
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non sequitur
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an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
Example: The lawyer was very upset when the judge made the non sequitur decision to put the defendant in jail. |
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conciet
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something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea:
Example: He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours. |
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anachronism
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time
Example: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare. |
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apostrophe
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the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word
Example: don't |
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allegory
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a symbolical narrative
Example: the allegory of Piers Plowman |
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litotes
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understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
Example: “not bad at all.” |
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synthesia
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a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
Example: Some abusers experience intense synesthesia, an effect that causes the abusers' senses to become confused. |
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epanilepsis
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a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence
Example: Only the poor really know what it is to suffer; only the poor. |
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metonymy
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a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part
Example: I sold fifty head. (referring to cattle) |
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synacdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special
Example: ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man. |
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neologism
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a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
Example: Please give me a strong incentive to keep reading your blog by avoiding the use of this awful neologism. |
