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15 Cards in this Set
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repetition at the beginning of clauses
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anaphora
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repitition of last words of previous clause at the beginning of the next
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anadiplosis
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word order reversal
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antimetabole
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omission of conjunctions
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asyndeton
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repetition at the end of clauses
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epistrophe
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symbol used to represent a whole
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metonymy (ex. crown-monarch)
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similar clause structure
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parallelism
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using part of a subject for the whole
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synecdoche (ex. hand-sailor)
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use of a word to govern 2 words differently
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zeugma
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use of several conjunctions to emphasize a point
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polysyndeton
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the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, often in parallel structure
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antithesis (ex. Place your virtues on a pedastel; put your vices under a rock)
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the subsitution of one part of speech for another
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antihimeria (ex. the poet says we milestone our lives.)
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a sentence that adds modifying elements after the subject, verb, and complement
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loose/cumulative sentence
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sentence with modifying elements before the verb/complement
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periodic sentence
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unassociated ideas, words, or phrases placed next to each other to create surprise, wit, or humor
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juxtaposition
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