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20 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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repetition of the same letter at the beginning of successive words or syllables
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anaphora
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repetition of a word, for emphasis, at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
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simile
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expressed comparison using " like" or "as"
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anastrophe
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inversion of the usual order of words (grammatical)
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aposiopesis
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an abrupt pause for rhetorical effect
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asyndeton
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omission of conjunctions where one would normally expect them
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chiasmus
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arrangement of pairs of words in crisscross order
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hendiadys
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use of two nouns connected by "et" instead of a single modified noun
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for rhetorical effect
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ellipsis
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omission of words necessary to the grammatical structure of the sentence, easily supplied from the context
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personification
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attributing human characteristics to inanimate things
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prolepsis
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the use of a word sooner than is logically appropriate
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paronomasia
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word play using similar sounding words
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meiosis
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understatment for ironic effect
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commoratio
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repeating the same idea but in different words, a restatement
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embolalia
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well, ugh, you know, how sometimes you throw in some words while you are, like, organizing your thoughts
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apocope
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dropping a letter at the end of the word
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triad
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use of group of three elements
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syllepsis
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the use of a word with two others where each word is understood differently
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eusystolism
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substitution of initials for complete words as a form of euphemism
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