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6 Cards in this Set
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Apposition
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placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first.
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The mountain was the earth, her home
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Asyndeton
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deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses.
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Polysyndeton
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deliberate use of many conjunctions.
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and, and, and, but, and
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Alliteration
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repetition of initial consonants in adjacent words.
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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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Assonance
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repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of adjacent words.
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Whales in the wake like capes and Alps
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Anaphora
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repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses.
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We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.
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