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15 Cards in this Set
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anacoluthon
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ending a sentence with a different grammatical structure than that with which it began (non sequitur)
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anadiplosis
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repetition of the last word of one line to begin the next
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polyptoton
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repetition of words from one the same root but with different endings
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homteleuton
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a series of words with the sma ending (end-rhyme)
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pleonasm
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a redundancy or unnecessary fullness of expression, usuall for emphasis (prius praedicam)
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synesthesia
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a cross-sensory metaphor (a loud shirt, bitter wind, prickly laugh)
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antithesis
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a contrast of ideas or words, often placed in contrasted pairs in like order
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild expression for an unpleasant one
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hendiadys
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the expression of an idea by two nouns connected by a conjunction, instead of a noun modified by an adjection OR by another noun in the genitive
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hysteron-proteron
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an inversion of the natural order of events
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litotes
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a deliberate understatement through the use of a negative
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oxymoron
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the use of contradictory terms
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praeteritio
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the pretense of omitting something in order to make it more emphatic
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rhetorical question
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a question for which no answer is expected or to which the answer is self-evident
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tricolon
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a set of three parallel phrases, often marked by anaphora
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