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9 Cards in this Set
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scheme of parallel structure in which parallel elements are similar in length
"to impress the ignorant, to perplex the dubious, and to confound the scrupulous." |
isocolon
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inversion of natural or usual word order
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anastrophe
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placing side by side two elements, the second being an explanation of the first
"The mountain was the Earth, her home." |
apposition
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repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order (REPEATS BY EXACT WORDS)
"One should eat to live, not live to eat." |
antimetabole
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reversal of grammatical structure in successive phrases (DOES NOT REPEAT WORDS)
"His time a moment, and a point his space." |
chiasmus
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repetition of the same word group at the beginnings of successive clauses
"Why should white people be running this? Why should white people be running that? Why should the economy be like this?" |
anaphora
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repetition of the same word groups at the ends of clauses
"When you first came you were very few. Now we are very few." |
epistrophe
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repetition from the start of the clause to its end
"Strength matched with strength." |
epanalepsis
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repetition of the last word of the clause at the beginning of the next clause
"Excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard." |
anadiplosis
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