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10534167990Antithesisthe direct opposite, a sharp contrast I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill0
10534167991JuxtapositionA poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, often creating an effect or surprise and wit Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, forever condemned? Why could I never please? Why was it useless to try to win any ones favour1
10534167992omissionThe act of leaving out or neglecting2
10534167993Asyndetonomission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words which speeds the pace of the sentence3
10534167994EllipsisIs the deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily implied by the context, creates an elegant or daring economy or words4
10534167995ParallelismRefers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence5
10534167996PolysyndetonA deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis to highlights quantity or mass of detail6
10534167997RepetitionA device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once o enhance rhythm and to create emphasis7
10534167998AnadiplosisIs the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause it ties the sentence to its surroundings8
10534167999AnaphoraIs the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses9
10534168000EpanalepsisIs the repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause10
10534168001EpsitropheIs the repetition of the same word or group or words at the ends of successive clause11
10534168002AntimetaboleIs a sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is reversal of the first it adds power through its inverse repetition12
10534168003InversionInvolves constructing a sentence so the predicate comes before the subject13
10534168004rhetorical fragmentIs a sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose of to create a desire effect14
10534168005rhetorical questionIs a question that requires no answer15

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