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17 Cards in this Set
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why do schemes exist?
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for rythem (pace) and emphysis
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parallelism
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using repititive gramatically similar structures to create and meaningful balance
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antithesis
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two directly opposed ideas
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juxtaposition
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placing items side by side for evaluation
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paradox
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self contradictory statement that provokes a reader to seek another context to find truth
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oxymoron
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contrary words put together to form an image
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listing
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list of examples or similar words
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transition
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linking words
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ellipsis
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words that are ommited but understood
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asyndeton
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purposeful ommision of a conjunction
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appositive
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phrase after noun that refers back and describes the noun
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parenthesis
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purposeful insterted parenthetical phrase or comment that breaks the rythem
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polysendenton
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purposeful insertion of extra conjunctions; functions to slow down rythem
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anaphora
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repition of same words at beginning of a sentence
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epistrophe
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repitition of same words at the end of a sentence
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antimetabole
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repitition of same words in succesive clauses in reverse gramatical order
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andiplosis
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last word/phrase/conjunction from the previous sentence becomes the first word/phrase/clause of the next sentence
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