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19 Cards in this Set
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Antithesis
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The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
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Apposition
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Placing 2 coordinate elements side by side, the second of which serves as an explanation of the 1st
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Ellipsis
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Deliberate omission of words which are readily implied
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Asyndeton
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Deliberate omission of conjunctions
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Polysyndeton
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Deliberate use of many conjunctions
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial or middle consonants
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Assonance
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds
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Anaphora
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Repetition of the same words at the beginnings
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Epistrophe
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Repetition of the same words at the ends
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Epanalepsis
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Repeating a word at the end when it occurred at the beginning
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Anadiplosis
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Repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the following clause
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Antimetabole
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Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
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Chiasmus
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Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases, no repetition of words
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Polyptoton
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Repetition of words derived from the same root
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Synechdoche
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A part stands for a whole
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Metonymy
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Substitution of some suggestive word for what is actually meant
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Anthimeria
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Substitution of a part of speech for another
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Perphrasis
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Substitution of a proper name for a quality associated w/ the name
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Litotes
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Deliberate use of understatement
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